The Holy Bible – Knox Translation
The Book of Psalms
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Psalm 3
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(A psalm David wrote, when he fled before his son Absalom.)
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See how they surround me, Lord, my adversaries, how many rise up in arms against me;
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everywhere voices taunting me, His God cannot save him now.
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Yet, Lord, thou art my champion, thou art the pride that keeps my head erect.
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I have but to cry out to the Lord, and my voice reaches his mountain sanctuary, and there finds hearing.
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Safe in God’s hand I lay down, and slept, and have awoken;
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and now, though thousands of the people set upon me from every side, I will not be afraid of them. Bestir thyself, Lord; my God, save me;
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thine to smite my enemies on the cheek, thine to break the fangs of malice.
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From the Lord all deliverance comes; let thy blessing, Lord, rest upon thy people.