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    Psalms · 8 verses

    Psalms 3

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    David's answer to enemies on every side is remarkably domestic: he lies down, sleeps, and wakes—then asks for their jaws and teeth.

    Sleep among the myriadsvv. 1–8

    The psalm opens with David fleeing from his son Absalom, while foes multiply and many voices insist that God will not deliver him. Yet the LORD is called a shield, glory, and lifter of the head; David cries aloud, and the answer comes from the holy mountain. Then comes the wonderfully unhurried middle of the danger: he lies down, sleeps, and wakes because the LORD sustains him. Fear has no final word, though the enemy is counted in myriads on every side. The prayer ends with a request of almost startling anatomical precision—jaw, then teeth—before returning to the LORD as the source of salvation and blessing.

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    1. Ps 3:1A Psalm of David, when he fled from his son Absalom. O LORD, how my foes have increased! How many rise up against me!

    2. Ps 3:2Many say of me, “God will not deliver him.” Selah

    3. Ps 3:3But You, O LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, and the One who lifts my head.

    4. Ps 3:4To the LORD I cry aloud, and He answers me from His holy mountain. Selah

    5. Ps 3:5I lie down and sleep; I wake again, for the LORD sustains me.

    6. Ps 3:6I will not fear the myriads set against me on every side.

    7. Ps 3:7Arise, O LORD! Save me, O my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked.

    8. Ps 3:8Salvation belongs to the LORD; may Your blessing be on Your people. Selah

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    • 3Psalms 27:6Then my head will be held high above my enemies around me. At His tabernacle I will offer sacrifices with shouts of joy; I will sing and make music to the LORD.
    • 3Psalms 28:7The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart rejoices, and I give thanks to Him with my song.
    • 3Genesis 15:1After these events, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.”
    • 3Psalms 119:114You are my hiding place and my shield; I put my hope in Your word.
    • 3Isaiah 60:19No longer will the sun be your light by day, nor the brightness of the moon shine on your night; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your splendor.
    • 3Psalms 110:7He will drink from the brook by the road; therefore He will lift up His head.
    • 3Revelation 21:23And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, because the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its lamp.
    • 5Psalms 4:8I will lie down and sleep in peace, for You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.
    • 3Revelation 21:11shining with the glory of God. Its radiance was like a most precious jewel, like a jasper, as clear as crystal.
    • 3Luke 2:32a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to Your people Israel.”
    • 3Deuteronomy 33:29Blessed are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD? He is the shield that protects you, the sword in which you boast. Your enemies will cower before you, and you shall trample their high places.”
    • 5Proverbs 3:24When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you rest, your sleep will be sweet.
    • 5Isaiah 26:3You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You.
    • 6Romans 8:31What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
    • 8Isaiah 43:11I, yes I, am the LORD, and there is no Savior but Me.
    • 5Leviticus 26:6And I will give peace to the land, and you will lie down with nothing to fear. I will rid the land of dangerous animals, and no sword will pass through your land.

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