Psalms 3:2

Psalms 3:2

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The Lord Helps His Troubled People

A Psalm of David when he fled from Absalom his son.

1 Lord, how they have increased who trouble me!
Many are they who rise up against me.

2 Many are they who say of me,
“There is no help for him in God.” Selah

3 But You, O Lord, are ^aa shield for me,
My glory and ^bthe One who lifts up my head.

4 I cried to the Lord with my voice,
And ^aHe heard me from His ^bholy hill. Selah

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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say of my soul—that is, "of me" (compare Psalms 25:3). This use of "soul" is common; perhaps it arose from regarding the soul as man's chief part.

no help . . . in God—rejected by Him. This is the bitterest reproach for a pious man, and denotes a spirit of malignant triumph.

Selah—This word is of very obscure meaning. It probably denotes rest or pause, both as to the music and singing, intimating something emphatic in the sentiment (compare Psalms 9:16).

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