EGW WritingsPsalms 3

From Eternity Past

Hushai Suggests Alternate Plan

EP 538.3

Lord, how are they increased that trouble me!
Many are they that rise up against me.
Many there be which say of my soul,
There is no help for him in God.
But Thou, O Lord, art a shield for me;
My glory, and the lifter up of mine head.
I cried unto the Lord with my voice,
And He heard me out of His holy hill.
I laid me down and slept;
I awaked; for the Lord sustained me.
I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people,
That have set themselves against me round about.
Psalm 3:1-6

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 16 (1901)

Ms 111, 1901

16LtMs, Ms 111, 1901, par. 13

In the third chapter we read: “Lord, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me. Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah. But thou, O Lord, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head. I cried unto the Lord with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah. I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the Lord sustained me.” The Lord kept him all through the night season. “I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about.” [Verses 1-6.] His confidence was in God.

Patriarchs and Prophets

Chapter 72—The Rebellion of Absalom

PP 742.1

“Lord, how are they increased that trouble me!
Many are they that rise up against me.
Many there be which say of my soul,
There is no help for him in God.
But Thou, O Lord, art a shield for me;
My glory, and the lifter up of mine head.
I cried unto the Lord with my voice,
And He heard me out of His holy hill.
I laid me down and slept;
I awaked; for the Lord sustained me.
I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people,
That have set themselves against me round about....
Salvation belongeth unto the Lord:
Thy blessing is upon Thy people.” Psalm 3:1-8.

The Voice in Speech and Song

Chapter 71—Singing in Israel’s Experience

VSS 451.3

Songs for Deep Trial—What were the feelings of the father and king, so cruelly wronged, in this terrible peril [the rebellion of Absalom]? “A mighty valiant man,” a man of war, a king, whose word was law, betrayed by his son whom he had loved and indulged and unwisely trusted, wronged and deserted by subjects bound to him by the strongest ties of honor and fealty—in what words did David pour out the feelings of his soul? In the hour of his darkest trial, David’s heart was stayed upon God, and he sang. [See Psalm 3:1-8.]—Patriarchs and Prophets, 741, 742.

Conflict and Courage

Superficial Beauty, June 24

CC 181.1

But thou, O Lord, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head. Psalm 3:3.

Education

Chapter 17—Poetry and Song

Ed 165.3

“I laid me down and slept;
I awaked; for the Lord sustained me.
I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people,
That have set themselves against me around about.” Psalm 3:4-6.

Prophets and Kings

Chapter 22—“Nineveh, That Great City”

PK 269.6

At last Jonah had learned that “salvation belongeth unto the Lord.” Psalm 3:8. With penitence and a recognition of the saving grace of God, came deliverance. Jonah was released from the perils of the mighty deep and was cast upon the dry land.

The Review and Herald

December 4, 1913

RH December 4, 1913, par. 16

At last Jonah had learned that “Salvation belongeth unto the Lord.” Psalm 3:8. “Truly in the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel.” Jeremiah 3:23. Men have sold themselves to the enemy of all righteousness. They cannot redeem themselves. Only by accepting Christ as a personal Saviour can human beings be delivered from the power of the enemy.

From Splendor to Shadow

Chapter 22—Jonah, the Prophet Who Ran Away

SS 146.4

At last Jonah had learned that “salvation belongeth unto the Lord.” Psalm 3:8. With penitence and a recognition of the saving grace of God, came deliverance. Jonah was released from the perils of the mighty deep and was cast upon the dry land.