Psalms 3:6
I am not afraid of myriads of people, || That they have set against me all around.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about.
In Context
5I have lain down, and I sleep, || I have awoken, for YHWH sustains me.
Cross References
2 Kings 6:15And the servant of the man of God rises early, and goes out, and behold, a force is surrounding the city, and horse and chariot, and his young man says to him, “Aah! My lord, how do we do?”
Psalms 23:4Also—when I walk in a valley of death-shade, || I fear no evil, for You [are] with me, || Your rod and Your staff—they comfort me.
Psalms 46:2Therefore we do not fear in the changing of earth, || And in the slipping of mountains || Into the heart of the seas.
Psalms 118:10All nations have surrounded me, || In the Name of YHWH I surely cut them off.
Proverbs 6:22In your going up and down, it leads you, || In your lying down, it watches over you, || And you have awoken—it talks [with] you.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 3:5-8
Confidence in God. 4 I cried unto the Lord with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah. 5 I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the Lord sustained me. 6 I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about. 7 Arise, O Lord ; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly. 8 Salvation belongeth unto the Lord : thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah. David, having stirred up himself… Read the whole commentary →