Psalms 3

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	NEW JERUSALEM
1 A psalm of David, when he fled from his son Absalom.	1 [Psalm Of David When he was fleeing from his son Absalom] Yahweh, how countless are my enemies,how countless those who rise up against me,
2 How many are my foes, LORD! How many rise against me!	2 how countless those who say of me, 'No salvation for him from his God!'Pause
3 How many say of me, "God will not save that one." Selah	3 But you, Yahweh, the shield at my side, my glory, you hold my head high.
4 But you, LORD, are a shield around me; my glory, you keep my head high.	4 I cry out to Yahweh; he answers from his holy mountain.Pause
5 Whenever I cried out to the LORD, I was answered from the holy mountain. Selah	5 As for me, if I lie down and sleep, I shall awake, for Yahweh sustains me.
6 Whenever I lay down and slept, the LORD preserved me to rise again.	6 I have no fear of people in their thousands upon thousands, who range themselves against mewherever I turn.
7 I do not fear, then, thousands of people arrayed against me on every side.	7 Arise, Yahweh, rescue me, my God! You strike all my foes across the face, you break the teeth of thewicked.
8 Arise, LORD! Save me, my God! You will shatter the jaws of all my foes; you will break the teeth of the wicked.	8 In Yahweh is salvation, on your people, your blessing!Pause
9 Safety comes from the LORD! Your blessing for your people! Selah