Psalms 3:2
Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.
Updated King James 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
1Lord, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me.
3But you, O LORD, are a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.
Cross References
2 Samuel 16:7And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, you bloody man, and you man of Belial:
Psalms 3:8Salvation belongs unto the LORD: your blessing is upon your people. Selah.
Psalms 4:4Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.
Psalms 42:3My tears have been my food day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is your God?
Psalms 71:11Saying, God has forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him.
Habakkuk 3:3God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was 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 →