Psalm 3 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son.

¹ O Lord, how many are my foes! Many are rising against me;

² many are saying of me, there is no help for him in God. Selah

³ But thou, O Lord, art a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter of my head.

⁴ I cry aloud to the Lord, and he answers me from his holy hill. Selah

⁵ I lie down and sleep; I wake again, for the Lord sustains me.

⁶ I am not afraid of ten thousands of people who have set themselves against me round about.

⁷ Arise, O Lord! Deliver me, O my God! For thou dost smite all my enemies on the cheek, thou dost break the teeth of the wicked.

⁸ Deliverance belongs to the Lord; thy blessing be upon thy people! Selah