Psalm 3
Lord, how numerous are my enemies
: many they are that rise against me.
Many there are that talk of me and say
: ‘There is no help for him in his God.’
But you, Lord, are about me as a shield
: you are my glory, and the lifter up of my head.
I cry to the Lord with a loud voice
: and he answers me from his holy hill.
I lay myself down and sleep
: I wake again, because the Lord sustains me.
Therefore I will not be afraid
of the multitudes of the nations
: who have set themselves against me on every side.
Arise, Lord, and deliver me, O my God
: for you will strike all my enemies upon the cheek,
you will break the teeth of the ungodly.
Deliverance belongs to the Lord
: O let your blessing be upon your people.