Psalms 3| NIV

¹A psalm of David. When he fled from his son Absalom. O LORD, how many are my foes! How many rise up against me!

²Many are saying of me, 'God will not deliver him.' Selah

³But you are a shield around me, O LORD; you bestow glory on me and lift up my head.

⁴To the LORD I cry aloud, and he answers me from his holy hill. Selah

⁵I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the LORD sustains me.

⁶I will not fear the tens of thousands drawn up against me on every side.

⁷Arise, O LORD! Deliver me, O my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked.

⁸From the LORD comes deliverance. May your blessing be on your people. Selah