Confidence in Troubled Times A psalm of David when he fled from his son Absalom.a There are many who attack me.b “There is no help for him in God.”c 3But You, LORD, are a shield around me,d my glory,e and the One who lifts up my head.f and He answers me from His holy mountain.g I wake again because the LORD sustains me.h 6I am not afraid of the thousands of people who have taken their stand against me on every side.i You strike all my enemies on the cheek;k You break the teeth of the wicked.l 8Salvation belongs to the LORD;m may Your blessing be on Your people.n Footnotes: a. 3:title 2Sm 15:13-17 b. 3:1 2Sm 15:12; Ps 69:4 c. 3:2 Ps 22:7-8; 71:11 d. 3:3 Gn 15:1; Dt 33:29; Ps 5:12; 18:2; 28:7; 119:114 e. 3:3 Ps 62:7 f. 3:3 Ps 110:7 g. 3:4 Ps 2:6; 43:3; 48:1 h. 3:5 Lv 26:6; Ps 4:8; Pr 3:24 i. 3:6 Ps 23:4; 27:3; 118:10-13 j. 3:7 Ps 7:6 k. 3:7 Jb 16:10; Mc 5:1 l. 3:7 Ps 58:6 m. 3:8 Jnh 2:9; Rv 7:10; 19:1 n. 3:8 Dt 26:15 |
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