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1 LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that
rise up against me.
2 Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in
God. Selah.
3 But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up
of mine head.
4 I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his
holy hill. Selah.
5 I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.
6 I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set
themselves against me round about.
7 Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine
enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the
ungodly.
8 Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: thy blessing is upon thy
people. Selah.1
References and notes
1. King James Authorized Version
2. SDA Bible Commentary Vol. 3
pgs 635, 637
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About Psalm 3 |
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According to the
superscription, Ps.3 was composed by David when he fled
from Absalom his son.2 |
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Music
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The
music was composed in
2007
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Title of Psalm 3 |
A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son.
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Structure of Psalm 3 |
This psalm has been termed A
Morning Prayer. It is the cry of the soul in the presence of
danger; of trouble relieved by the passing of the night. It
is closely related to Ps. 4, An Evening Prayer, which may be
considered its sequel. There are four stanzas:
(1) the present danger (vs. 1,2),
(2) the recollection of help in the past (vs. 3,4),
(3) the sense of security in the midst of the present danger
(vs. 5,6), and
(4) the prayer for triumph over enemies (v. 7).
(5) An exclamation of confidence with a prayer for God's
blessing on His people, concludes the poem (v. 8).2
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Background to Psalm 3 |
"Spent with grief and the
weariness of his flight, he with his company had tarried
beside the Jordan for a few hours' rest. He was awakened by
the summons to immediate flight. In the darkness the passage
of the deep and swift-flowing stream must be made by that
whole company of men, women, and little children: for hard
after them were the forces of the traitor-son" (Ed 164,
165). In the hours of darkest trial, David sang this sublime
hymn of trust in God in the face of the enemy (see PP 741,
742). In the midst of the poem there is a sudden dramatic
change from the weariness and depression of the night to the
trust and triumphant faith of the new morning. It is said
that the Huguenots in Conde's army during the French
religious wars sang this psalm at the time of relieving the
sentry.2
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