Psalms 3

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