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Psalm 3:1 KJV
Psalms · chapter 3 · verse 1
A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son.Lord, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me.Psalm 3:1 · King James Version
Psalm 3:1 in context
1Lord, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me.
2Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.
3But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.
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Key words (Strong's)
- increasedrâbabproperly, to cast togetherH7231 →
- troubletsarnarrowH6862 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
- manyrababundantH7227 →
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The title of this psalm and many others is as a key hung ready at the door, to open it, and let us into the entertainments of it; when we know upon what occasion a psalm was penned we know the better how to expound it.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-3