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, O LORD, are mine enemies! How many are they who rise up against me!
2 Many people are saying about me, “God will [certainly] not help him!”
How many are they who say of me, “There is no help for him with God”! (Pause)
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 thou, O LORD! art my shield, My glory, and the lifter-up of my head.
4 I cry out to you, Yahweh, and you answer me from [Zion], your sacred hill.
I call upon the LORD with my voice, And he heareth me from his holy hill. (Pause)
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 lay me down and sleep; I awake, for the LORD sustaineth me.
6 There may be thousands of [enemy] soldiers who surround me, but I am not afraid.
I will not fear the ten thousands of people Who on every side set themselves against me.
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, O LORD! Save me, O my God! For thou smitest the cheek of all my enemies; Thou breakest the teeth of the wicked.
8 Yahweh, you are the one who saves your people [from their enemies]. Yahweh, bless your people!
Deliverance cometh from the LORD: May thy blessing be with thy people! (Pause)
