Psalms 3:1
A Psalm of David. When he fled from the face of his son, Absalom.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me.
In Context
2Lord, why have those who trouble me been multiplied? Many rise up against me.
Cross References
Joshua 11:5And all these kings assembled at the waters of Merom, so that they might fight against Israel.
2 Samuel 15:14And David said to his servants, who were with him in Jerusalem: “Rise up, let us flee! For otherwise there will be no escape for us from the face of Absalom. Hurry to depart, lest perhaps, upon arriving, he may seize us, and force ruin upon us, and strike the city with the edge of the sword.”
2 Samuel 15:17And having gone forth on foot, the king and all of Israel stood at a distance from the house.
2 Samuel 17:11But this seems to me to be the right counsel: Let all of Israel be gathered to you, from Dan to Beersheba, like the sand of the sea which is innumerable. And you will be in their midst.
Matthew 10:21And brother will hand over brother to death, and father will hand over son. And children will rise up against parents and bring about their deaths.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 3:1
As the foregoing psalm, in the type of David in preferment, showed us the royal dignity of the Redeemer, so this, by the example of David in distress, shows us the peace and holy security of the redeemed, how safe they really are, and think themselves to be, under the divine protection. David, being now driven out from his palace, from the royal city, from the holy city, by his rebellious son Absalom, I. Complains to God of his enemies, ver. 1, 2 . II. Confides in God, and encourages himself in him as his God,… Read the whole commentary →