Psalms 3:2
Many are those who say of me, “There is no help for him in his God.” Selah
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.
In Context
1How many, Lord, are my foes! Those who rise up against me are many.
3But you, Lord, are shield about me, my glory, who lifts up my head.
Cross References
Psalms 3:8Victory belongs to the Lord: let your blessing descend on your people. Selah
Psalms 4:4Sin not in your anger: but speak in your heart on your bed, and be still. Selah
Psalms 42:3My tears have been my food by day and by night; for they say to me all the day long, “Where is your God?”
Psalms 71:11“God has left him,” they say: “pursue and seize him, for he is helpless.”
Habakkuk 3:3God comes from Teman, and the Holy One from the mountain-land of Paran. Selah His glory covers the heavens, and his splendor fills 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 →