Psalms 3:1

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

1 [a]LORD, how many are my foes! How many rise up against me!

Psalms 3:1 in Other Translations

KJV
1 LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me.
ESV
1 O LORD, how many are my foes! Many are rising against me;
NLT
1 O LORD, I have so many enemies; so many are against me.
MSG
1 God! Look! Enemies past counting! Enemies sprouting like mushrooms,
CSB
1 Lord, how my foes increase! There are many who attack me.

Psalms 3:1 In-Context

1 LORD, how many are my foes! How many rise up against me!
2 Many are saying of me, “God will not deliver him.”
3 But you, LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high.
4 I call out to the LORD, and he answers me from his holy mountain.
5 I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the LORD sustains me.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. In Hebrew texts 3:1-8 is numbered 3:2-9.
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