God’s Word Translation
Psalms 3:2
2Many are saying about me, “Even with God ⌞on his side⌟, he won’t be victorious.” Selah
Psalms 3:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.
- New International Version (NIV)Many are saying of me, “God will not deliver him.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)many are saying of my soul, "There is no salvation for him in God." Selah
- New King James Version (NKJV)Many are they who say of me, “There is no help for him in God.” Selah
Context of Psalms 3:2
1O Lord, look how my enemies have increased! Many are attacking me. Many are saying about me, “Even with God ⌞on his side⌟, he won’t be victorious.” Selah 3But you, O Lord, are a shield that surrounds me. You are my glory. You hold my head high. 4I call aloud to the Lord, and he answers me from his holy mountain. Selah
Read all of Psalms 3Psalms 3:2 word by word
רַבִּים֮ אֹמְרִ֪ים לְנַ֫פְשִׁ֥י אֵ֤ין יְֽשׁוּעָ֓תָה לּ֬וֹ בֵֽאלֹהִ֬ים סֶֽלָה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 3:2
- Psalms 22:7All who see me make fun of me. Insults pour from their mouths. They shake their heads and say,
- Psalms 42:3My tears are my food day and night. People ask me all day long, “Where is your God?”
- Psalms 71:11They say, “God has abandoned him. Pursue him and grab him because there is no one to rescue him.”
- 2 Samuel 16:7Shimei cursed and said, “Get out! Get out, you bloodthirsty man! You worthless person!
- Matthew 27:42“He saved others, but he can’t save himself. So he’s Israel’s king! Let him come down from the cross now, and we’ll believe him.
- Psalms 3:4I call aloud to the Lord, and he answers me from his holy mountain. Selah
- Psalms 4:2You important people, how long are you going to insult my honor? How long are you going to love what is empty and seek what is a lie? Selah
- Habakkuk 3:3God comes from Teman. The Holy One comes from Mount Paran. Selah His splendor covers the heavens. His praise fills the earth.
Commentaries on Psalms 3:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2No help for him in God - These were some of the reproaches of his enemies, Shimei and others: "He is now down, and he shall never be able to rise. God alone can save him from these his enemies; but God has visibly east him off." These reproaches deeply affected his heart; and he mentions them with that note which so frequently occurs in the Psalms, and which occurs here for the first time, סלה selah . Much has been said on the meaning of this word; and we…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Many there be which say of my soul - Or rather, perhaps, of his “life,” for so the word used here - נפשׁ nephesh - frequently means Leviticus 17:11; Deuteronomy 12:23; Genesis 9:4; Genesis 35:18; 1 Kings 17:21. The object of their persecution, as here stated, was not his soul, as such, in the sense in which we now understand the word, but his life; and they now said that they were secure of that, and that all things indicated that God would not now…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-2A psalmist is the writer or speaker of a psalm. The psalmist here faces many enemies. Those enemies speak boldly and without respect (Psalm 4:6; 12:4; 40:15). They question whether the Lord can really save him (10:11; 22:7–8; 71:10). Their words trouble the psalmist because it seems the Lord will not answer his prayer. These enemies hold great power (compare Psalm 2:1–3). Unlike Psalm 2, this psalm does not resolve the crisis.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. say of my soul--that is, "of me" (compare Psa 25:3). This use of "soul" is common; perhaps it arose from regarding the soul as man's chief part. no help ... in God--rejected by Him. This is the bitterest reproach for a pious man, and denotes a spirit of malignant triumph. Selah--This word is of very obscure meaning. It probably denotes rest or pause, both as to the music and singing, intimating something emphatic in the sentiment (compare Psa 9:16).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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