{"book":"Psalms","slug":"psalms","ch":3,"genre":"poetry","sub":"The Book of Psalms","prev":"psalms/2","next":"psalms/4","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"1 O LORD, how my foes have increased! How many rise up against me!","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"1 O LORD, how my foes have increased!"},{"style":"indent2","t":"How many rise up against me!"}],"h":"Deliver Me, O LORD!","style":"pshdg"},{"v":2,"t":"Many say of me,“ God will not deliver him.” Selah","f":["Selah or Interlude is probably a musical or literary term; here and throughout the Psalms."],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Many say of me,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"“ God will not deliver him.”"},{"style":"selah","t":"Selah"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":3,"t":"But You, O LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, and the One who lifts my head.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"But You, O LORD, are a shield around me,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"my glory, and the One who lifts my head."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":4,"t":"To the LORD I cry aloud, and He answers me from His holy mountain. Selah","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"To the LORD I cry aloud,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and He answers me from His holy mountain."},{"style":"selah","t":"Selah"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":5,"t":"I lie down and sleep; I wake again, for the LORD sustains me.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I lie down and sleep;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I wake again, for the LORD sustains me."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":6,"t":"I will not fear the myriads set against me on every side.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I will not fear the myriads"},{"style":"indent2","t":"set against me on every side."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":7,"t":"Arise, O LORD! Save me, O my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Arise, O LORD!"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Save me, O my God!"},{"style":"indent1","t":"Strike all my enemies on the jaw;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"break the teeth of the wicked."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":8,"t":"Salvation [belongs] to the LORD; may Your blessing be on Your people. Selah","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Salvation [belongs] to the LORD;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"may Your blessing be on Your people."},{"style":"selah","t":"Selah"}],"style":"indent1"}],"superscription":"A Psalm of David, when he fled from his son Absalom."}