Psalms 3:2
\3:1\Lord, how greatly are they increased who make attacks on me! in great numbers they come against me.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.
In Context
1A Psalm. Of David. When he went in flight from Absalom his son.
3\3:2\Unnumbered are those who say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. (Selah.)
Cross References
2 Samuel 16:7And Shimei said, with curses, Be gone, be gone, you man of blood, you good-for-nothing:
Psalms 3:8\3:7\Come to me, Lord; keep me safe, O my God; for you have given all my haters blows on their face-bones; the teeth of the evil-doers have been broken by you.
Psalms 4:4\4:3\See how the Lord has made great his mercy for me; the Lord will give ear to my cry.
Psalms 42:3\42:2\My soul is dry for need of God, the living God; when may I come and see the face of God?
Psalms 71:11Saying, God has given him up; go after him and take him, for he has no helper.
Habakkuk 3:3God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah. The heavens were covered with his glory, and the earth was full of his praise.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 3:2-4
Distress and Confidence. 1 Lord , how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me. 2 Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah. 3 But thou, O Lord , art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head. The title of this psalm and many others is as a key hung ready at the door, to open it, and let us into the entertainments of it; when we know upon what occasion a psalm was penned we know the better how to expound it. This was composed, or at… Read the whole commentary →