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Psalm 3:6

I will not be afraid of tens of thousands of people who have set themselves against me on every side.

4I cry to the LORD with my voice, and he answers me out of his holy hill. Selah.
5I laid myself down and slept. I awakened, for the LORD sustains me.
6I will not be afraid of tens of thousands of people who have set themselves against me on every side.
7Arise, LORD! Save me, my God! For you have struck all of my enemies on the cheek bone. You have broken the teeth of the wicked.
8Salvation belongs to the LORD. May your blessing be on your people. Selah.
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Notice

“On every side” leaves no direction free of threat, yet the speaker’s refusal to fear rests within a prayer to YHWH who sustains him.

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Where else Scripture says this

12 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 23:4Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.Both speakers declare that they will not fear while danger remains, with confidence grounded in God’s presence and sustaining care.
Psalm 27:3Though an army should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear. Though war should rise against me, even then I will be confident.Both psalms describe a surrounding military threat and declare confidence even when the number or strength of opponents gives reason for fear.
Romans 8:31What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?Both passages face opposition with confidence in God, whose help matters more than the strength of those who stand against his people.
Psalm 27:1–3By David. The LORD is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid?Psalm 3 places its refusal to fear within trust in the LORD; Psalm 27 names the LORD as salvation and strength.
Psalm 118:10–12All the nations surrounded me, but in the LORD’s name I cut them off.Both speakers describe being surrounded by opponents and look to the LORD amid that conflict.
2 Kings 6:16He answered, “Don’t be afraid, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.”Both passages reject fear in the face of opponents, though Kings compares the opposing sides and the psalm names the threatening multitude.
2 Kings 6:15–17When the servant of the man of God had risen early and gone out, behold, an army with horses and chariots was around the city. His servant said to him, “Alas, …An encircling enemy appears in both texts: people surround the psalm’s speaker, and an army surrounds the city in Kings.
2 Samuel 18:7The people of Israel were struck there before David’s servants, and there was a great slaughter there that day of twenty thousand men.Both describe conflict involving thousands; the psalm names surrounding opponents, while this account records twenty thousand deaths.
Deuteronomy 20:3and shall tell them, “Hear, Israel, you draw near today to battle against your enemies. Don’t let your heart faint! Don’t be afraid, nor tremble, neither be …Both address fear before enemies in battle: Deuteronomy commands Israel to resist fear, and the psalm voices that resolve.
1 Samuel 17:32David said to Saul, “Let no man’s heart fail because of him. Your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.”Both passages express courage before an enemy, with David’s words to Saul urging others against the fear the psalm rejects.
2 Samuel 18:2David sent the people out, a third part under the hand of Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, and a third part …Both belong to David’s conflict, though the psalm speaks of fear and this account describes how he arranged his forces.
John 18:4The connection is limited: the psalm declares resolve before opponents, while John describes Jesus going out with knowledge of what is happening.
Where this verse fits

Anxiety or panic. fear for the future.

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One step

Something small to carry out of this verse

Read Psalm 3:5–6 aloud at breakfast

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Encouragement

Fear may still be hard to face. David’s declaration comes between being sustained by YHWH and asking him for rescue; his confidence depends on God while the threat remains.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).