Psalms 3:8

Psalms 3:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Salvation belongeth unto the Lord: thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah.
• New International Version (NIV)From the Lord comes deliverance. May your blessing be on your people.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Salvation belongs to the Lord; your blessing be on your people! Selah
• New King James Version (NKJV)Salvation belongs to the Lord. Your blessing is upon Your people. Selah

Context of Psalms 3:8

6I lie down and sleep. I awake—for Adonai sustains me. 7I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people all around who have taken their stand against me. Arise, Adonai! Deliver me, my God! For you strike all my enemies on the cheek. You shatter the teeth of the wicked. 9Deliverance belongs to Adonai. Let Your blessing be on Your people. Selah

Psalms 3:8 word by word

לַיהוָ֥ה הַיְשׁוּעָ֑ה עַֽל־עַמְּךָ֖ בִרְכָתֶ֣ךָ סֶּֽלָה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Salvationיְשׁוּעָהyeshû‛âh · salvationH3444
• unto the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• thy blessingבְּרָכָהberâkâh · blessingH1293
• upon thy peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• Selahסֶ֫לָהselâh · SelahH5542

Cross-references for Psalms 3:8

• Psalms 37:39Yet the salvation of the righteous is from Adonai. He is their stronghold in time of trouble.
• Proverbs 21:31A horse is prepared for the day of battle, but victory comes from Adonai.
• Isaiah 43:11“I, I am Adonai— and there is no savior beside Me.
• Isaiah 45:21Declare and present your case, Indeed, let them consult together. Who foretold this from ancient time? Who has declared it of old? Is it not I, Adonai? There is no other God beside Me —a righteous God and a Savior— there is none besides Me!
• Jeremiah 3:23Surely help from the hills is a delusion— the commotion of the mountains! Surely in Adonai Eloheinu is the salvation of Israel.
• Hosea 13:4“Yet I have been Adonai your God since the land of Egypt. You should know no God but Me, and there is no Savior apart from Me.
• Jonah 2:9Those who watch worthless empty things forsake their mercy.
• Acts 4:12There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved!”
• Revelation 7:10and crying out with a loud voice, saying, “Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”
• Revelation 19:1After these things, I heard something like the loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, shouting: “Halleluyah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God.
• Psalms 29:11Adonai gives strength to His people. Adonai blesses His people with shalom.
• Psalms 72:17May his name endure forever. May his name increase before the sun, and may all nations be blessed by him and call him blessed.
• Acts 3:26God raised up His Servant and sent Him first to you, to bless you all by turning each of you from your wicked ways.”
• Ephesians 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Messiah.
• Hebrews 6:14saying, “Surely I will bless you, and surely I will multiply you.”
• 1 Peter 3:9Do not repay evil for evil or insult for insult, but give a blessing instead—it is for this reason you were called, so that you might inherit a blessing.

Commentaries on Psalms 3:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Salvation belongeth unto the Lord - It is God alone who saves. He is the fountain whence help and salvation come; and to him alone the praise of all saved souls is due. His blessing is upon his people. Those who are saved from the power and the guilt of sin are his people. His mercy saved them; and it is by his blessing being continually upon them, that they continue to be saved. David adds his selah here also: mark this! Salvation comes from God…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Salvation belongeth unto the Lord - That is, it pertains to God alone to save. The psalmist had no expectation of saving himself; he had no confidence in the unaided prowess of his own arm. If he was to be saved he felt that it was to be only by God, and the praise of this was to be given to Him. The particular reference here is to temporal deliverance, or deliverance from the dangers which surrounded him then; but the declaration is as true of spiritual…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 4-8Verses 4-8 Care and grief do us good, when they engage us to pray to God, as in earnest. David had always found God ready to answer his prayers. Nothing can fix a gulf between the communications of God's grace towards us, and the working of his grace in us; between his favour and our faith. He had always been very safe under the Divine protection. This is applicable to the common mercies of every night, for which we ought to give thanks every morning…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-8The psalmist does not seek revenge. Instead, he waits for the Lord to take vengeance. Arise: The psalmist asks the Lord to act now.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. An ascription of praise to a delivering God, whose favor is an efficient benefit.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 3:8

• God
• Salvation

In the dictionaries

• Psalms, Book of
• Vulgate

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