Psalm 3:3
Verse 3 of 8. The 3rd of 150 chapters in Psalms, in Poetry and Wisdom.
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.
4I cried unto the Lord with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah.
5I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the Lord sustained me.
6I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about.
7Arise, O Lord; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.
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Psalm 3:3 in the World English Bible
But you, LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, and the one who lifts up my head.Read Psalm 3:3 in the WEB
Matthew Henry on Psalm 3:3
With a profession of his dependence upon God, v. 3. An active believer, the more he is beaten off from God, either by the rebukes of Providence or the reproaches of enemies, the faster hold he will take of him and the closer will he cleave to him; so David here, when his enemies said, There is no help for him in God, cries out with so much the more assurance, "But thou, O Lord! art a shield for me…
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King James Version. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.