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Psalm 3:1-4
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Save Me, O My God

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

3 O Lord, (B)how many are my foes!
    Many are (C)rising against me;
2 many are saying of my soul,
    (D)“There is no salvation for him in God.” Selah[a]

3 But you, O Lord, are (E)a shield (F)about me,
    my glory, and (G)the lifter of my head.
4 I (H)cried aloud to the Lord,
    and he (I)answered me from his (J)holy hill. Selah

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  1. Psalm 3:2 The meaning of the Hebrew word Selah, used frequently in the Psalms, is uncertain. It may be a musical or liturgical direction
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Psalm 3:1-4
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Psalm 3[a]

A psalm of David. When he fled from his son Absalom.(A)

1 Lord, how many are my foes!
    How many rise up against me!
2 Many are saying of me,
    “God will not deliver him.(B)”[b]

3 But you, Lord, are a shield(C) around me,
    my glory, the One who lifts my head high.(D)
4 I call out to the Lord,(E)
    and he answers me from his holy mountain.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 3:1 In Hebrew texts 3:1-8 is numbered 3:2-9.
  2. Psalm 3:2 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 4 and 8.
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