3rd Day Morning - Psalm 3

Psalm 3  Domine, quid multiplicati

 

1            Lord, how many adversaries I have! *

        how many there are who rise up against me!

 

2            How many there are who say of me, *

        “There is no help for him in his God.”

 

3            But you, O Lord, are a shield about me; *

        you are my glory, the one who lifts up my head.

 

4            I call aloud upon the Lord, *

        and he answers me from his holy hill;

 

5            I lie down and go to sleep; *

        I wake again, because the Lord sustains me.

 

6            I do not fear the multitudes of people *

        who set themselves against me all around.

 

7            Rise up, O Lord; set me free, O my God; *

        surely, you will strike all my enemies across the face,

 you will break the teeth of the wicked.

 

8            Deliverance belongs to the Lord. *

        Your blessing be upon your people!