Psalm 3:3-5 But you, O LORD, are a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of my head.… "Often," says John Paten, during his early days on the island of Tauna, "often have I had to run into the arms of some savage when his club was swung, or musket levelled at my head, and so clung round him that he could neither strike nor shoot until his wrath had cooled down." One day, while toiling away at his house, the war chief and a large party of armed men surrounded the plot where he was working. They all had muskets besides other weapons. They watched him for some time in silence, and then everyone levelled his weapon at his head. Escape was impossible, speech useless. His eyesight went and came in a moment. He could do nothing but pray, and the text came into his mind, "Whatsoever ye shall ask," etc. The natives retired a little to another position, and they all levelled their muskets again, and urged one another to shoot, and ultimately withdrew. Once again was he saved as a bird from the snare of the fowler. Parallel Verses KJV: But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.WEB: But you, Yahweh, are a shield around me, my glory, and the one who lifts up my head. |
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