    Psalm 3

1   Lord, how many are my adversaries; ♦
        many are they who rise up against me.

2   Many are they who say to my soul, ♦
        ‘There is no help for you in your God.’

3   But you, Lord, are a shield about me; ♦
        you are my glory, and the lifter up of my head.

4   When I cry aloud to the Lord, ♦
        he will answer me from his holy hill;

5   I lie down and sleep and rise again, ♦
        because the Lord sustains me.

6   I will not be afraid of hordes of the peoples ♦
        that have set themselves against me all around.

7   Rise up, O Lord, and deliver me, O my God, ♦
        for you strike all my enemies on the cheek
        and break the teeth of the wicked.

8   Salvation belongs to the Lord: ♦
        may your blessing be upon your people.
