Psalm 3

⁷Show the wonders of Your loving devotion, You who save by Your right hand those who seek refuge from their foes.

¹¹Instead, I advise that all Israel from Dan to Beersheba—a multitude like the sand on the seashore—be gathered to you, and that you yourself lead them into battle.

¹²Then we will attack David wherever we find him, and we will descend on him like dew on the ground. And of all the men with him, not even one will remain.

¹⁵Then Absalom and all the men of Israel came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel was with him.

¹Some time later, Absalom provided for himself a chariot with horses and fifty men to run ahead of him.

²He would get up early and stand beside the road leading to the city gate. Whenever anyone had a grievance to bring before the king for a decision, Absalom would call out and ask, “What city are you from?” And if he replied, “Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel,”

²⁵All the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”

²¹Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rise against their parents and have them put to death.

¹¹saying, “God has forsaken him; pursue him and seize him, for there is no one to rescue him.”

³My tears have been my food both day and night, while men ask me all day long, “Where is your God?”

¹⁰Like the crushing of my bones, my enemies taunt me, while they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”

⁷All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads:

⁴Be angry, yet do not sin; on your bed, search your heart and be still. Selah

⁴²“He saved others, but He cannot save Himself. He is the King of Israel! Let Him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in Him.

⁴³He trusts in God. Let God deliver Him now if He wants Him. For He said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”

⁶Then my head will be held high above my enemies around me. At His tabernacle I will offer sacrifices with shouts of joy; I will sing and make music to the Lord.

⁷The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart rejoices, and I give thanks to Him with my song.

¹After these events, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.”

¹¹⁴You are my hiding place and my shield; I put my hope in Your word.

¹⁹No longer will the sun be your light by day, nor the brightness of the moon shine on your night; for the Lord will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your splendor.

⁷My salvation and my honor rest on God, my strong rock; my refuge is in God.

⁴I sought the Lord, and He answered me; He delivered me from all my fears.

¹⁵When he calls out to Me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor him.

²⁴Even before they call, I will answer, and while they are still speaking, I will hear.

⁶This poor man called out, and the Lord heard him; He saved him from all his troubles.

⁶“I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain.”

⁷Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.

⁸I will lie down and sleep in peace, for You alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.

²⁴When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you rest, your sleep will be sweet.

⁶And I will give peace to the land, and you will lie down with nothing to fear. I will rid the land of dangerous animals, and no sword will pass through your land.

³You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You.

¹⁸You will be secure, because there is hope, and you will look around and lie down in safety.

¹⁹You will lie down without fear, and many will court your favor.

¹⁰The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.

³¹What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

¹Of David. The Lord is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life—whom shall I dread?

²When the wicked came upon me to devour my flesh, my enemies and foes stumbled and fell.

¹⁰All the nations surrounded me, but in the name of the Lord I cut them off.

¹¹They surrounded me on every side, but in the name of the Lord I cut them off.

⁴Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.

¹⁵When the servant of the man of God got up and went out early in the morning, behold, an army with horses and chariots had surrounded the city. So he asked Elisha, “Oh, my master, what are we to do?”

¹⁶“Do not be afraid,” Elisha answered, “for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.”

⁷The Lord of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah

⁶O God, shatter their teeth in their mouths; O Lord, tear out the fangs of the lions.

¹⁷I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.

¹⁰They open their mouths against me and strike my cheeks with contempt; they join together against me.

⁵O Lord God of Hosts, the God of Israel, rouse Yourself to punish all the nations; show no mercy to the wicked traitors. Selah

¹²Arise, O Lord! Lift up Your hand, O God! Do not forget the helpless.

⁴Turn, O Lord, and deliver my soul; save me because of Your loving devotion.

¹¹I, yes I, am the Lord, and there is no Savior but Me.

⁹But I, with the voice of thanksgiving, will sacrifice to You. I will fulfill what I have vowed. Salvation is from the Lord!”

³⁹The salvation of the righteous is from the Lord; He is their stronghold in time of trouble.

⁴⁰The Lord helps and delivers them; He rescues and saves them from the wicked, because they take refuge in Him.

¹⁰And they cried out in a loud voice: “Salvation to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”

⁴Yet I am the Lord your God ever since the land of Egypt; you know no God but Me, for there is no Savior besides Me.

¹²Salvation exists in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”