መዝሙር 3

A shield all around me

¹A psalm of David, when he fled from his son Absalom. ²LORD, how my enemies have multiplied! \q Many are rising up against me. ³Many are saying about me, \q “God is not going to rescue him.” Selah ⁴But you, LORD, are a shield on every side of me. \q You are my glory, and you lift my head up again. ⁵I lift my voice and call to the LORD, \q and from his holy mountain he answers me. Selah ⁶I lay down and fell asleep, \q and I woke up again, \q because the LORD holds me up. ⁷I have no fear of the tens of thousands \q who have taken up positions against me on every side. ⁸Rise up, LORD! Rescue me, my God! \q For you have struck all my enemies across the jaw \q and smashed the teeth of the wicked.^{a 9}It is the LORD who saves. \q Let your blessing rest on your people. Selah