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Psalms 3:1 open_in_new
Title.. Psalm. See App-65.
when. The first psalm with an historical title. See App-63 and App-64. Compare. Samuel, Chapter s 15-18.
how...! Figure of speech Exclamatio (App-6), for emphasis.
increased. multiplied.
Many. what multitudes.
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Psalms 3:2 open_in_new
Many. Figure of speech Anaphora.
my soul. me, or myself. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
help. salvation, or deliverance.
God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4.
Selah. Connecting the contrast between "man" (as. creature) who knows God (Elohim) only as Creator, with the speaker (David), who knew Jehovah as his Covenant God. See App-4 and Psalms 66:11.
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Psalms 3:3 open_in_new
art. shield. Figure of speech Metaphor (App-6); "shield" put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), App-6, for defence.
for m. = about me.
mine head. Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Part), App-6, put for whole person.
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Psalms 3:4 open_in_new
cried. shall cry.
heard. will answer.
holy hill. See note on Psalms 2:6.
Selah. Connecting the peace which comes from prayer, as in Philippians 1:4; Philippians 1:6. See App-66.
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Psalms 3:5 open_in_new
slept. have slept. At Mahanaim (2 Samuel 17:27-29).
sustained. was sustaining.
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Psalms 3:7 open_in_new
ungodly. lawless. Hebrew. rasha'. App-44.
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Psalms 3:8 open_in_new
Salvation. deliverance, same word as "help", Psalms 3:2.
Thy blessing is. Thy blessing hast been, and wilt be: i.e. whatever may happen to me. In this spirit he sends back the Ark (2 Samuel 15:25.
Selah. Connecting Psalms 3 with Psalms 4, which has the same subject. See App-66.
To the chief Musician. See App-64.
Neginoth . smitings; from nagan, to strike, as on strings. See App-65. Here the reference is to the smitings with words in Psalms 3, as in Lamentations 3:63 (compare Job 30:9; Lamentations 3:14). Compare the other Neginoth Psalms: Psalms 3:2; Psalms 5:6; Psalms 53:1; Psalms 54:3; Psalms 60:1; Psalms 60:11; Psalms 60:12; Psalms 66:10-12; Psalms 75:4-6 (Compare Psalms 77:7; Isaiah 38:20, and Habakkuk 3:19).