Psalm 3 (NKJV)

A Psalm of David when he fled from Absalom his son.

1 LORD, how they have increased who trouble me!
Many are they who rise up against me.
2 Many are they who say of me,
“There is no help for him in God.”

Selah

Psalm 3:1-2

• Lord, I have troubles! Why am I so attacked and opposed by my enemies?
• Why does no one help me? Why do my enemies mock me?
• Lord, I feel alone and no one seems to believe You are with me.
• Lord, they think You will not come to my rescue. Are You there?
• Let me pause (Selah) for a moment and think about my plight and about Who You are.

3 But You, O LORD, are a shield for me,
My glory and the One who lifts up my head.
4 I cried to the LORD with my voice,
And He heard me from His holy hill.

Selah

Psalm 3:3-4

• But You…
  • You are a shield to protect me from the arrows of the enemy
  • You are the only glory I can claim, for I have none compared to You
  • You lift my head when others seek to take my head off
  • You hear me when no one else hears me
  • I cry to You, O Lord, with my feeble and oppressed voice, and You hear me!
• Let me stop and think about You a moment (Selah).

5 I lay down and slept;
I awoke, for the LORD sustained me.
6 I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people
Who have set themselves against me all around.

Psalm 3:5-6

• I can lie down and rest, confident that You sustain me.
• I am confident that I will rise up again to face a new day because You, O Lord, sustain me.
• I will not be afraid of multitudes that may rise up against me, because You sustain me.
• I will not be overwhelmed by the enemy all around me, for You sustain me.
• You keep me when I lie down, You keep me when I rise up, You keep me in the midst of my enemies, You keep me when I am surrounded and overwhelmed.
• In all situations and circumstances, You keep me!

7 Arise, O LORD;
Save me, O my God!
For You have struck all my enemies on the cheekbone;
You have broken the teeth of the ungodly.
8 Salvation belongs to the LORD.
Your blessing is upon Your people.

Selah

Psalm 3:7-8

• I call upon You to Arise, O Lord!
  • Save me, O god!
  • Strike my enemies on their face so that they cannot find me.
  • Break their teeth that they may not gnash against me.
  • You are the source of my salvation.
  • You alone can save me or anyone else.
  • Let Your blessings be upon Your people in their affliction, Lord!
• Lord, let me meditate (Selah) on You in my time of trouble.

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