New King James Version

Psalms 3 New King James Version (NKJV)

1. Lord, how they have increased who trouble me!Many are they who rise up against me.

The Lord Helps His Troubled People

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

2. Many are they who say of me,“There is no help for him in God.”Selah

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

5. I lay down and slept;I awoke, for the Lord sustained me.

6. I will not be afraid of ten thousands of peopleWho have set themselves against me all around.

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