# Psalm 3 (New King James Version)
The Lord Helps His Troubled People

##### Chapter 3
###### 1 Lord, how they have increased who trouble me!  
Many _are_ they who rise up against me.  

###### 2 Many _are_ they who say of me,  
"_There is_ no help for him in God." _Selah_

###### 3 But You, O Lord, _are_ a shield for me,  
My glory and the One who lifts up my head.  

###### 4 I cried to the Lord with my voice,  
And He heard me from His holy hill. _Selah_

###### 5 I lay down and slept;  
I awoke, for the Lord sustained me.  

###### 6 I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people  
Who have set _themselves_ against me all around.

###### 7 Arise, O Lord;  
Save me, O my God!  
For You have struck all my enemies on the cheekbone;  
You have broken the teeth of the ungodly.  

###### 8 Salvation _belongs_ to the Lord.  
Your blessing _is_ upon Your people. _Selah_