Psalms 3:2
Many are saying of my soul, “There is no salvation for him in God.” Selah.
Literal Standard 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
3And You, O YHWH, [are] a shield for me, || My glory, and lifter up of my head.
Cross References
2 Samuel 16:7And thus said Shimei in his reviling: “Go out, go out, O man of blood, and man of worthlessness!
Psalms 3:8This salvation [is] of YHWH; Your blessing [is] on Your people! Selah.
Psalms 4:4“Tremble, and do not sin”; Say [thus] in your heart on your bed, || And be silent. Selah.
Psalms 42:3My tear has been bread day and night to me, || In their saying to me all the day, “Where [is] your God?”
Psalms 71:11Saying, “God has forsaken him, || Pursue and catch him, for there is no deliverer.”
Habakkuk 3:3God comes from Teman, || The Holy One from Mount Paran. Pause! His splendor has covered the heavens, || And His praise has filled the earth.
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 →