Psalms 3
1 Yahweh, I have many enemies [DOU]! There are many people who oppose/rebel against me.
A psalm of David, when he fled from his son Absalom. How many, Lord, are my foes! Those who rise up against me are many.
2 Many people are saying about me, “God will [certainly] not help him!”
Many are those who say of me, “There is no help for him in his 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].
But you, Lord, are shield about me, my glory, who lifts up my head.
4 I cry out to you, Yahweh, and you answer me from [Zion], your sacred hill.
When loudly I call to the Lord, from his holy hill he gives answer. (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 laid down and slept: now I wake, for the Lord sustains me.
6 There may be thousands of [enemy] soldiers who surround me, but I am not afraid.
I fear not the myriads of people who beset me on every side.
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].
Arise, Lord: save me, my God, who strikes all my foes on the cheek, and shatters the teeth of the wicked.
8 Yahweh, you are the one who saves your people [from their enemies]. Yahweh, bless your people!
Victory belongs to the Lord: let your blessing descend on your people. (Selah)
