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Psalm 3 :: New Living Translation (NLT)

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:1 - A psalm of David, regarding the time David fled from his son Absalom.

O LORD, I have so many enemies;
so many are against me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:2 - So many are saying,
“God will never rescue him!”
Interlude[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:3 - But you, O LORD, are a shield around me;
you are my glory, the one who holds my head high.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:4 - I cried out to the LORD,
and he answered me from his holy mountain.
Interlude

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:5 - I lay down and slept,
yet I woke up in safety,
for the LORD was watching over me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:6 - I am not afraid of ten thousand enemies
who surround me on every side.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:7 - Arise, O LORD!
Rescue me, my God!
Slap all my enemies in the face!
Shatter the teeth of the wicked!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:8 - Victory comes from you, O LORD.
May you bless your people.
Interlude
See the NLT Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NLT Footnotes
Hebrew Selah. The meaning of this word is uncertain, though it is probably a musical or literary term. It is rendered Interlude throughout the Psalms.
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