Psalms 3

NEW JERUSALEM	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
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 the face of his son, Absalom.
2 how countless those who say of me, 'No salvation for him from his God!'Pause	2 Lord, why have those who trouble me been multiplied? Many rise up against me.
3 But you, Yahweh, the shield at my side, my glory, you hold my head high.	3 Many say to my soul, “There is no salvation for him in his God.”
4 I cry out to Yahweh; he answers from his holy mountain.Pause	4 But you, Lord, are my supporter, my glory, and the one who raises up my head.
5 As for me, if I lie down and sleep, I shall awake, for Yahweh sustains me.	5 I have cried out to the Lord with my voice, and he has heard me from his holy mountain.
6 I have no fear of people in their thousands upon thousands, who range themselves against mewherever I turn.	6 I have slept, and I have been stupefied. But I awakened because the Lord has taken me up.
7 Arise, Yahweh, rescue me, my God! You strike all my foes across the face, you break the teeth of thewicked.	7 I will not fear the thousands of people surrounding me. Rise up, Lord. Save me, my God.
8 In Yahweh is salvation, on your people, your blessing!Pause	8 For you have struck all those who oppose me without cause. You have broken the teeth of sinners.
	9 Salvation is of the Lord, and your blessing is upon your people.