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).