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Psalms 3:1

Worry and anxietyFear
LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me.

2 Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.

3 But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.

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BSB
O LORD, how my foes have increased! How many rise up against me!
KJV
LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me.
WEB
LORD, how my adversaries have increased! Many are those who rise up against me.
ASV
Jehovah, how are mine adversaries increased! Many are they that rise up against me.
DARBY
{A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son.} Jehovah, how many are they that trouble me, many they that rise up against me!
BLB
A Psalm of David, in his fleeing from the face of Absalom his son. <span class=|reftext|><a href=|#|><b>1</b></a> O YHWH, how many are my adversaries! Many [are] rising up against me!
ÅB
Herre, jeg har så mange fiender!
Mange reiser seg imot meg.
OTB
Herre, hvor mange mine fiender har blitt!
Mange reiser seg mot meg.
B1930
Herre, hvor mange mine fiender er! Mange reiser sig imot mig.

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Cross references

  • Psalms 17:7

    Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them.

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  • 2 Samuel 17:11–13

    Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.

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  • 2 Samuel 16:15

    And Absalom, and all the people the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.

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  • 2 Samuel 15:1–18

    And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him.

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  • Matthew 27:25

    Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.

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  • Matthew 10:21

    And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.

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