Psalmorum 3
1 psalmus David cum fugeret a facie Abessalon filii sui Domine quid multiplicati sunt qui tribulant me multi insurgunt adversum me
Yahweh, I have many enemies [DOU]! There are many people who oppose/rebel against me.
2 multi dicunt animae meae non est salus ipsi in Deo eius diapsalma
Many people are saying about me, “God will [certainly] not help him!”
3 tu autem Domine susceptor meus es gloria mea et exaltans caput meum
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].
4 voce mea ad Dominum clamavi et exaudivit me de monte sancto suo diapsalma
I cry out to you, Yahweh, and you answer me from [Zion], your sacred hill.
5 ego dormivi et soporatus sum exsurrexi quia Dominus suscipiet me
[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].
6 non timebo milia populi circumdantis me exsurge Domine salvum me fac Deus meus
There may be thousands of [enemy] soldiers who surround me, but I am not afraid.
7 quoniam tu percussisti omnes adversantes mihi sine causa dentes peccatorum contrivisti
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].
8 Domini est salus et super populum tuum benedictio tua
Yahweh, you are the one who saves your people [from their enemies]. Yahweh, bless your people!
