Psalm 3

A psalm of Dawiḏ, when he fled from Aḇshalom  his son

1  O יהוה, how my adversaries have increased! Many rising up against me.

2  Many are saying of me, "There is no deliverance for him in Elohim." Selah.

3  But You, O יהוה, are a shield for me, My esteem, and the One lifting up my head.

4  I cried to יהוה with my voice, And He heard me from His qodesh mountain. Selah.

5  I, I laid down and slept; I awoke, for יהוה sustained me.

6  I am not afraid of ten thousands of people Who have set themselves against me all around.

7  Arise, O יהוה; Save me, O my Elohim! Because You have smitten all my enemies on the cheek; You have broken the teeth of the wicked.

8  Deliverance belongs to יהוה. Your beraḵah is on Your people. Selah.