Psalms 3
1 Yahweh, I have many enemies [DOU]! There are many people who oppose/rebel against me.
A PSALM OF DAVID, IN HIS FLEEING FROM THE FACE OF HIS SON ABSALOM. YHWH, how my distresses have multiplied! Many are rising up against me.
2 Many people are saying about me, “God will [certainly] not help him!”
Many are saying of my soul, “There is no salvation for him in God.” (Selah)
3 But Yahweh, you are like a shield [that protects me] [MET]. You greatly honor me, and you encourage me (OR, enable me to triumph over my enemies) [IDM].
And You, O YHWH, [are] a shield for me, My glory, and lifter up of my head.
4 I cry out to you, Yahweh, and you answer me from [Zion], your sacred hill.
My voice [is] to YHWH: I call and He answers me from His holy hill, (Selah)
5 [At night] I lie down and sleep, and I awake [in the morning feeling good/refreshed] because you, Yahweh, (take care of/protect) me [all during the night].
I have lain down, and I sleep, I have awoken, for YHWH sustains me.
6 There may be thousands of [enemy] soldiers who surround me, but I am not afraid.
I am not afraid of myriads of people, That they have set against me all around.
7 Yahweh, arise! My God, [come and] rescue me [again]! You [insult] my enemies by slapping them on their cheeks; [when you strike them], you break their teeth, [with the result that they cannot hurt anyone] [MET].
Rise, O YHWH! Save me, my God! For You have struck all my enemies [on] the cheek. You have broken the teeth of the wicked.
8 Yahweh, you are the one who saves your people [from their enemies]. Yahweh, bless your people!
This salvation [is] of YHWH; Your blessing [is] on Your people! (Selah)
