Psalms 3:2
Why, O Lord, are they multiplied that afflict me? many are they who rise up against me.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.
In Context
1The 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.
Cross References
2 Samuel 16:7And thus said Semei when he cursed the king: Come out, come out, thou man of blood, and thou man of Belial.
Psalms 3:8For thou hast struck all them who are my adversaries without cause: thou hast broken the teeth of sinners.
Psalms 4:4Know ye also that the Lord hath made his holy one wonderful: the Lord will hear me when I shall cry unto him.
Psalms 42:3My soul hath thirsted after the strong living God; when shall I come and appear before the face of God?
Psalms 71:11Saying: God hath forsaken him: pursue and take him, for there is none to deliver him.
Habakkuk 3:3God will come from the south, and the holy one from mount Pharan: His glory 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 →