Psalms 3:2 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 3:2

Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.

KJV

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ASV

Many there are that say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. [Selah

WEB

Many say of me, “God will not deliver him.” Selah

YLT

Many are saying of my soul, `There is no salvation for him in God.' Selah.

DBT

Many say of my soul, There is no salvation for him inGod. Selah.

About this book

Old Testament

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Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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Cross-references

21 verses on the floor

Psalms 71:11
Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him.
Psalms 42:3
My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?
Psalms 42:10
As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?
Psalms 22:7
All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
Psalms 4:4
Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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Voices3

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David comes to God, and tells him what his enemies said of him, as Hezekiah spread Rabshakeh's blasphemous letter before the Lord. "They say, There is no help for me in thee; but, Lord, if it be so, I am undone. They say to my soul, There is no salvation " (for so the word is) " for him in God; but, Lord, do thou say unto my soul, I am thy salvation ( Ps. xxxv.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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 Ps 9:16).

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

Selah - This word is no where used but in this poetical book, and in the song of Habakkuk. Probably it was a musical note, directing the singer either to lift up his voice, to make a pause, or to lengthen the tune. But withal, it is generally placed at some remarkable passage; which gives occasion to think that it served also to quicken the attention of the singer and hearer.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

PSA 3:2PSA 4:4 EPH 4:26
PSA 3:2PSA 42:3 JOE 2:17
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
PSA 3:2PSA 4:4 PSA 77:6
PSA 3:2PSA 22:7 MRK 15:29
PSA 3:2PSA 42:3 PSA 79:10
PSA 3:2PSA 4:4 PSA 63:6
PSA 3:2PSA 42:3 PSA 115:2
PSA 3:2PSA 4:4 PSA 46:10

The whole web at once: see the Arc.

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