Psalm 3
A psalm of David. When he fled from his son Absalom.
1 O LORD , how many are my foes!
How many rise up against me!
2 Many are saying of me,
"God will not deliver him."
Selah [a]

God, it seems as if there is no way out. It seems the difficulties keep rising up in front of me. My fear takes control of me, and it is hard to see the victory You have promised.

3 But you are a shield around me, O LORD ;
you bestow glory on me and lift [b] up my head.
4 To the LORD I cry aloud,
and he answers me from his holy hill.
Selah

Come intervene and be that shield around me. Help me to see that You are already there surrounding me. I praise You oh Lord for You give me shelter. You hear my cry for help and you never fail to answer. Your answers bring in its wake Your holiness from which they came from.

5 I lie down and sleep;
I wake again, because the LORD sustains me.
6 I will not fear the tens of thousands
drawn up against me on every side.

You give me peace to sleep without worrying. I can live life knowing that You are keeping watch over me at all times. No enemy can come near me without You knowing. You sustain me. You protect me. You empower me. Even if the legions of the enemy arise upon me on every side, still I will not falter. Your power chases away my fear, along with the things I fear.

7 Arise, O LORD !
Deliver me, O my God!
Strike all my enemies on the jaw;
break the teeth of the wicked.

ARISE O GOD OF HEAVEN! Come and deliver me! Here my desperate cry for intervention. May you come invade these situations that keep taunting me. And may you strike their mouths so that taunts may no longer come out from them. Break the sharp teeth that have held me in fear for so long. SET ME FREE FROM THIS OPPRESSOR. Oh God of victory, prove that you are the God of victory.

8 From the LORD comes deliverance.
May your blessing be on your people.
Selah

You come to bring salvation to me. May there be blessings in the wings of salvation.