Psalms 3:1

2 Samuel 15:12; 2 Samuel 16:15; 2 Samuel 17:11-13; 2 Samuel 18:33; Matthew 10:21; Matthew 27:25; Psalms 17:7

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

:Title A Psalm of David - literally, belonging to David; that is, belonging to him as the author. This is marked in the Hebrew as the first ver...
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Lord, how are they increased - How are they multiplied; or, how numerous they are. Perhaps the idea is, that at first they seemed to be comparati...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

"A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son." LORD, how are they (a) increased that trouble me! many [are] they that rise up against me. (a...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

III. A Morning Hymn of Triumph and Peace. It is a king or party leader who speaks, but who he was or when he wrote we cannot say. The conjecture in...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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...! F...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Sacred history teaches that David was not only dethroned, but forsaken by almost all men; so that he had well nigh as many enemies as he had su...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son. LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me. Lord, how...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The security of God's protection. A Psalm of David when he fled from Absalom his son. Title. — לדוד מזמור mizmor ledavid; the word mizmor...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Lord, how are they increased that trouble me!— This psalm answers in every part of it to the inscription. When David was resettled on his throne he...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me. Title. - A psalm , х mizmowr ( H4210 ), from the Pi...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Increased ] cp. 2 Samuel 15:12 ; 2 Samuel 15:13 .
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

This is the first of the 'Davidic' Psalms. It is a morning prayer as Psalms 3:6 suggests. The heading of the Ps. provides a historical setting for...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

How... many. — “And Absalom and all the people, the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem” ( 2 Samuel 16:15 ). Ahithophel counsels Absalom to take 12,...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 3:1-8 ANOTHER pair of psalms follows the two of the Introduction. They are closely connected linguistically, structurally, and in subject....
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Morning and Evening Prayers Psalms 3:1-8 ; Psalms 4:1-8 These psalms probably date from David's flight before Absalom, 2 Samuel 16:1-23 . It...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This is a morning psalm. It is the song of a soul in grave peril as a new day dawns. The consciousness of difficulty is first uttered. Adversaries ar...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS The title of this Psalm best leads to the contents of it. The first and literal sense of this Psalm should seem to refer wholly to David; b...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Lord, how are they increased that trouble me ?.... David's enemies increased in the conspiracy against him, 2 Samuel 15:12 ; the hearts of the men...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 3:1 «A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son. » LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! many [are] they that rise up again...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Lord, how are they increased that trouble me? He might well say so, for the party that sought his ruin was very numerous and very formidable. Absal...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Distress and Confidence. A psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his so...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

PSALM 3 Composed by David, as this phrase implies, Psalms 110:1 , compared with Matthew 22:43 , and generally elsewhere. When he fled, or, af...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Section 1. The Distress in Which He Found Himself. ‘YHWH, how are my adversaries multiplied, Many are those who rise up against me, Many are tho...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

MINORITIES AND MAJORITIES Introduction “The preceding psalm had set before us the utter vanity of all attempts to injure the throne of God’s anoi...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

These may be called very properly morning and evening Psalms. The third Psalm is the morning Psalm. A psalm of David when he fled from Absalom, his s...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 3:4 . Selah. This word, as all seem agreed, refers to the singing and music only, the better to adapt changes of airs to the sentiments of...
The Biblical Illustrator

Lord, how are they increased that trouble me. Morning thoughts With returning day there comes back on the monarch’s heart the recollection of t...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Tins psalm is entitled, "a Psalm of David when he fled from Absalom his son;" literally, "in his flight from Absalom his son." The hi...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Lord, how are they increased that trouble me, the idea of their increasing number being brought home to David by the fact that his own son had joined...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Morning Prayer of a Christian in Danger and Affliction. A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom, his son, 2 Samuel 15:14 , probably written o...
Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Prefatory Psalms Psalms 1:1-6 , Psalms 2:1-12 , and Psalms 3:1-8 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The first chapter of the Psalm is its preface. Y...
Wells of Living Water Commentary

David's Trust in God Psalms 3:1-8 INTRODUCTORY WORDS As an introduction to the Third Psalm we want to give you a vision of the young man Absal...

¹ LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 3:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wells of Living Water Commentary

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