Psalms 3:2
How many are they who say of me, “There is no help for him with God”! [[Pause.]]
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.
In Context
3But thou, O LORD! art my shield, My glory, and the lifter-up of my head.
Cross References
Psalms 3:8Deliverance cometh from the LORD: May thy blessing be with thy people! [[Pause.]]
Psalms 4:4Stand in awe, and sin no more; Commune with your hearts upon your beds, and desist! [[Pause.]]
Psalms 42:3My tears have been my food day and night, While they say to me continually, “Where is thy God?”
Psalms 71:11“God,” say they, “hath forsaken him; Pursue and seize him; for he hath none to deliver him!”
Habakkuk 3:3God cometh from Teman, And the Holy One from mount Paran; His glory covereth 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 →