Psalm 3:1 Parallel Translations

A psalm by David when he fled from his son Absalom. O LORD, look how my enemies have increased! Many are attacking me.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Lord, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me.

ASV:

Jehovah, how are mine adversaries increased! Many are they that rise up against me.

BBE:

<A Psalm. Of David. When he went in flight from Absalom his son.> Lord, how greatly are they increased who make attacks on me! in great numbers they come against me.

DBY:

{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!

ERV:

A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son. LORD, how are mine adversaries increased! many are they that rise up against me.

JPS:

A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son. (3:2)

WBS:

A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son. LORD, how are they multiplied that trouble me? many are they that rise up against me.

WEB:

A Psalm by David, when he fled from Absalom his son. Yahweh, how my adversaries have increased! Many are those who rise up against me.

YLT:

A Psalm of David, in his fleeing from the face of Absalom his son. Jehovah, how have my distresses multiplied! Many are rising up against me.

Psalm 3:1 Cross References

XREF:

2 Samuel 15:12 And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counselor, from his city Giloh, while he was offering the sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong, for the people increased continually with Absalom.

2 Samuel 15:13 Then a messenger came to David, saying, "The hearts of the men of Israel are with Absalom."

Psalm 69:4 Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; Those who would destroy me are powerful, being wrongfully my enemies; What I did not steal, I then have to restore. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

3:1 <> LORD, how are they {a} increased that trouble me! many [are] they that rise up against me.
(a) This was a token of his stable faith, that for all his troubles he turned to God.

MHC:

3:1-3 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, and the closer will he cleave to him. A child of God startles at the very thought of despairing of help in God. See what God is to his people, what he will be, what they have found him, what David found in him. 1. Safety; a shield for me; which denotes the advantage of that protection. 2. Honour; those whom God owns for his, have true honour put upon them. 3. Joy and deliverance. If, in the worst of times, God's people can lift up their heads with joy, knowing that all shall work for good to them, they will own God as giving them both cause and hearts to rejoice.

CONC:

Absalom 3 Adversaries Attacks David Distresses Face Fled Fleeing Flight Foes Greatly Gt Increased Lt Multiplied Numbers O Psalm Rise Rising Trouble

Absalom Adversaries Attacks David Face Fled Fleeing Flight Foes Great Greatly Increased Multiplied Numbers Psalm Rise Rising Trouble

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