Psalms 3:1
(3-1) A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son. (3-2) LORD, how many are mine adversaries become! Many are they that rise up against me.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me.
In Context
2(3-3) Many there are that say of my soul: 'There is no salvation for him in God.' Selah
Cross References
Joshua 11:5And all these kings met together, and they came and pitched together at the waters of Merom, to fight with Israel.
2 Samuel 15:14And David said unto all his servants that were with him at Jerusalem: 'Arise, and let us flee; or else none of us shall escape from Absalom; make speed to depart, lest he overtake us quickly, and bring down evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.'
2 Samuel 15:17And the king went forth, and all the people after him; and they tarried in Beth-merhak.
2 Samuel 17:11But I counsel that all Israel be gathered together unto thee, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.
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 →