# Psalms 3 **Book:** [Psalms](/codex/psalms/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 1. A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son. Jehovah, how are mine adversaries increased! Many are they that rise up against me. 2. Many there are that say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. [[Selah 3. But thou, O Jehovah, art a shield about me; My glory and the lifter up of my head. 4. I cry unto Jehovah with my voice, And he answereth me out of his holy hill. [Selah] 5. I laid me down and slept; I awaked; For Jehovah sustaineth me. 6. I will not be afraid of ten thousands of the people That have set themselves against me round about. 7. Arise, O Jehovah; Save me, O my God: For thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; Thou hast broken the teeth of the wicked. 8. Salvation belongeth unto Jehovah: Thy blessing be upon thy people. [Selah] (Psalms 3:1-8, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 1. A Psalm by David, when he fled from Absalom his son. Yahweh, how my adversaries have increased! Many are those who rise up against me. 2. Many there are who say of my soul, “There is no help for him in God.” Selah. 3. But you, Yahweh, are a shield around me, my glory, and the one who lifts up my head. 4. I cry to Yahweh with my voice, and he answers me out of his holy hill. Selah. 5. I laid myself down and slept. I awakened; for Yahweh sustains me. 6. I will not be afraid of tens of thousands of people who have set themselves against me on every side. 7. Arise, Yahweh! Save me, my God! For you have struck all of my enemies on the cheek bone. You have broken the teeth of the wicked. 8. Salvation belongs to Yahweh. Your blessing be on your people. Selah. (Psalms 3:1-8, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 1. A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son. 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. for: or, about 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. (Psalms 3:1-8, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 1. A Psalm of David, in his fleeing from the face of Absalom his son. Jehovah, how have my distresses multiplied! Many are rising up against me. 2. Many are saying of my soul, 'There is no salvation for him in God.' Selah. 3. And Thou, O Jehovah, [art] a shield for me, My honour, and lifter up of my head. 4. My voice [is] unto Jehovah: I call: And He answereth me from his holy hill, Selah. 5. I, I have lain down, and I sleep, I have waked, for Jehovah sustaineth me. 6. I am not afraid of myriads of people, That round about they have set against me. 7. Rise, O Jehovah! save me, my God. Because Thou hast smitten All mine enemies [on] the cheek. The teeth of the wicked Thou hast broken. 8. Of Jehovah [is] this salvation; On Thy people [is] Thy blessing! Selah. (Psalms 3:1-8, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ ## Quoted in **Concepts:** - [Monergism](/codex/monergism/), via [Psalms 3.8](/codex/psalms-3-8/) **Lexicon:** - [H3444 - yeshuah](/codex/h3444-yeshuah/), via [Psalms 3.8](/codex/psalms-3-8/) - [H3467 - yasha](/codex/h3467-yasha/), via [Psalms 3.8](/codex/psalms-3-8/) ## Notes _Your annotations._ ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.