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Psalms 3

World English Bible · public domain · whole chapter

Psalms 2 Psalms 4

¹Yahweh, how my adversaries have increased!

²Many there are who say of my soul,

³But you, Yahweh, are a shield around me,

⁴I cry to Yahweh with my voice,

⁵I laid myself down and slept.

⁶I will not be afraid of tens of thousands of people

⁷Arise, Yahweh!

⁸Salvation belongs to Yahweh.

¹Yahweh, how my adversaries have increased!

²Many there are who say of my soul,

³But you, Yahweh, are a shield around me,

⁴I cry to Yahweh with my voice,

⁵I laid myself down and slept.

⁶I will not be afraid of tens of thousands of people

⁷Arise, Yahweh!

⁸Salvation belongs to Yahweh.

¹Yahweh, how my adversaries have increased!

²Many there are who say of my soul,

³But you, Yahweh, are a shield around me,

⁴I cry to Yahweh with my voice,

⁵I laid myself down and slept.

⁶I will not be afraid of tens of thousands of people

⁷Arise, Yahweh!

⁸Salvation belongs to Yahweh.

In context

Psalms 3 is read as a whole chapter — not a single verse pulled free of what surrounds it.

Immediately before

⁸Ask of me, and I will give the nations for your inheritance,

⁹You shall break them with a rod of iron.

¹⁰Now therefore be wise, you kings.

¹¹Serve Yahweh with fear,

¹²Give sincere homage to the Son,2:12 or, Kiss the son lest he be angry, and you perish on the way,

Immediately after

¹Answer me when I call, God of my righteousness.

²You sons of men, how long shall my glory be turned into dishonor?

³But know that Yahweh has set apart for himself him who is godly;

⁴Stand in awe, and don’t sin.

⁵Offer the sacrifices of righteousness.

How this book begins

¹Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked,

²but his delight is in Yahweh’s1:2 “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. law.

³He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water,

⁴The wicked are not so,

⁵Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment,

⁶For Yahweh knows the way of the righteous,