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Psalms 3

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1 O LORD, how many are my foes! Many are rising against me;
1 God! Look! Enemies past counting! Enemies sprouting like mushrooms,
2 many are saying of my soul, there is no salvation for him in God. Selah
2 Mobs of them all around me, roaring their mockery: "Hah! No help for him from God!"
3 But you, O LORD, are a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter of my head.
3 But you, God, shield me on all sides; You ground my feet, you lift my head high;
4 I cried aloud to the LORD, and he answered me from his holy hill. Selah
4 With all my might I shout up to God, His answers thunder from the holy mountain.
5 I lay down and slept; I woke again, for the LORD sustained me.
5 I stretch myself out. I sleep. Then I'm up again - rested, tall and steady,
6 I will not be afraid of many thousands of people who have set themselves against me all around.
6 Fearless before the enemy mobs Coming at me from all sides.
7 Arise, O LORD! Save me, O my God! For you strike all my enemies on the cheek; you break the teeth of the wicked.
7 Up, God! My God, help me! Slap their faces, First this cheek, then the other, Your fist hard in their teeth!
8 Salvation belongs to the LORD; your blessing be on your people! Selah
8 Real help comes from God. Your blessing clothes your people!
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Published by permission. Originally published by NavPress in English as THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language copyright 2002 by Eugene Peterson. All rights reserved.