Psalms 3:2
O Lord, why are they that afflict me multiplied? 1 Many rise up against me. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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 presence of his son Absalom. 1
3Many say concerning my soul, 1 There is no deliverance for him in his God. Pause. 1
Cross References
2 Samuel 16:7And thus Shimei said when he cursed him, Go out, go out, thou bloody man, and man of sin.
Psalms 3:8Arise, Lord; deliver me, my God: 1 For thou hast smitten all who were without cause mine enemies; 1 Thou hast broken the teeth of sinners. 1
Psalms 4:4But know ye that the Lord has done wondrous things for his holy one: 1 The Lord will hear me when I cry to him. 1
Psalms 42:3Send forth thy light and thy truth: 1 They have led me, and brought me to thy holy mountain, 1 And to thy tabernacles. 1
Psalms 71:11And all kings shall worship him; 1 All the Gentiles shall serve him. 1
Habakkuk 3:3God shall come from Teman, 1 And the Holy One from the dark shady Mount Paran. Pause. 1
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 →