Psalms 3:2
Lord, why have those who trouble me been multiplied? Many rise up against me.
Catholic Public Domain Version
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 fled from the face of his son, Absalom.
3Many say to my soul, “There is no salvation for him in his God.” Pause
Cross References
2 Samuel 16:7And so, as he was cursing the king, Shimei said: “Go away, go away, you man of blood, and you man of Belial!
Psalms 3:8For you have struck all those who oppose me without cause. You have broken the teeth of sinners.
Psalms 4:4And know this: the Lord has made wondrous his holy one. The Lord will heed me when I cry out to him.
Psalms 42:3Send forth your light and your truth. They have guided me and led me, to your holy mountain and into your tabernacles.
Psalms 71:11And all the kings of the earth shall adore him. All nations will serve him.
Habakkuk 3:3God will come from the south, and the Holy One from mount Pharan. His glory has covered the heavens, and the earth is 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 →