if it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men rose up against us,
Psalm 3:2 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) many are saying of me, there is no help for him in God. Selah More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Many are saying of me, There is no help for him in God. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! American Standard Version (1901) Many there are that say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. [Selah Common English Bible So many are talking about me: “Even God won’t help him.” Selah Catholic Public Domain Version Lord, why have those who trouble me been multiplied? Many rise up against me. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Why, O Lord, are they multiplied that afflict me? Many are they who rise up against me. |
if it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men rose up against us,
All who see me mock at me, they make mouths at me, they wag their heads;
O men, how long shall my honor suffer shame? How long will you love vain words, and seek after lies? Selah
Be angry, but sin not; commune with your own hearts on your beds, and be silent. Selah
As with a deadly wound in my body, my adversaries taunt me, while they say to me continually, “Where is your God?”
My tears have been my food day and night, while men say to me continually, “Where is your God?”
and say, “God has forsaken him; pursue and seize him, for there is none to deliver him.”
Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, for the salvation of thy anointed. Thou didst crush the head of the wicked, laying him bare from thigh to neck. Selah
God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise. Selah
Thou didst strip the sheath from thy bow, and put the arrows to the string. Selah Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.