Psalm 3 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

Trust in God under Adversity

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

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

² many are saying to me, “There is no help for you in God.” Selah

³ But you, O Lord, are a shield around me, my glory, and the one who lifts up 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 all around.

⁷ Rise up, O Lord! Deliver me, O my God! For you strike all my enemies on the cheek; you break the teeth of the wicked.

⁸ Deliverance belongs to the Lord; may your blessing be on your people! Selah