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Psalm 3:2
Many there are who say of my soul, “There is no help for him in God.” Selah.
1A Psalm by David, when he fled from Absalom his son. LORD, how my adversaries have increased! Many are those who rise up against me.
2Many there are who say of my soul, “There is no help for him in God.” Selah.
3But you, LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, and the one who lifts up my head.
4I cry to the LORD with my voice, and he answers me out of his holy hill. Selah.
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Many voices declare David beyond God's help, adding the pain of a verdict about his standing with God to the threat against his life.
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Psalm 71:11saying, “God has forsaken him. Pursue and take him, for no one will rescue him.”Both passages report enemies claiming that God will give no help to the person they oppose.
Psalm 42:3My tears have been my food day and night, while they continually ask me, “Where is your God?”Both speakers endure words that question God's help or presence in their distress.
Psalm 42:10As with a sword in my bones, my adversaries reproach me, while they continually ask me, “Where is your God?”Both passages describe adversaries whose taunts challenge the sufferer's hope in God.
Psalm 22:7All those who see me mock me. They insult me with their lips. They shake their heads, saying,Both speakers face public scorn, though Psalm 3 names the claim about God within that scorn.
Matthew 27:42–43“He saved others, but he can’t save himself. If he is the King of Israel, let him come down from the cross now, and we will believe in him.Both passages report mockery centered on rescue: David's opponents deny help from God, while Jesus' mockers demand that he save himself.
Habakkuk 3:13You went out for the salvation of your people, for the salvation of your anointed. You crushed the head of the land of wickedness. You stripped them head to …Both concern God's saving help: David reports its denial by others, while Habakkuk describes God acting for his people's salvation.
2 Samuel 16:7–8Shimei said when he cursed, “Be gone, be gone, you man of blood, and wicked fellow!Both texts record hostile speech directed against David, with Shimei's curse naming accusations that Psalm 3 does not specify.
Habakkuk 3:3God came from Teman, the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and his praise filled the earth.Both passages include “Selah,” though Psalm 3 records hostile words and Habakkuk describes God's glory covering the heavens.
Habakkuk 3:9You uncovered your bow. You called for your sworn arrows. Selah. You split the earth with rivers.The shared feature is “Selah”; Psalm 3 reports a taunt, while Habakkuk describes God's bow and arrows.
Exodus 14:3Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, ‘They are entangled in the land. The wilderness has shut them in.’Both passages present an opponent's assessment of someone else's predicament: David is called beyond help, and Israel is described as trapped.
2 Samuel 16:8The LORD has returned on you all the blood of Saul’s house, in whose place you have reigned! The LORD has delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom your …Both record hostile speech about David's standing with God during the conflict involving Absalom.
2 Chronicles 32:11Doesn’t Hezekiah persuade you to give you over to die by famine and by thirst, saying, ‘The LORD our God will deliver us out of the hand of the king of …Both passages contain hostile speech challenging confidence that God will deliver those under threat.
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Feeling distant from God. doubt. injustice and anger.
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Encouragement
David brings even this denial of God's help into his prayer. You do not have to hide such words from God; other people's verdicts do not bind him.
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