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Matthew Henry Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 3 - Introduction

* David complains to God of his enemies, and confides in God. (1-3) He triumphs over his fears, and gives God the glory, and takes to himself the comfort. (4-8)

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See also Psalms 3 - Introduction in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    Section 1. The author. This psalm purports in the title to be “A Psalm of David,” and is the first one to which a title indicating authorship, or the occasion on which a psalm was composed, is prefixe...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The third and fourth Psalms are closely connected and should be studied together. The one is a morning hymn, after a night spent safely in the midst of danger (Psalms 3:5); the other an evening hymn,...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:1 seat (a-27) Or 'in the company.'...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    III. With this psalm the hymn-book of Israel properly begins. The title indicates it as the first psalm of a Davidic collection formed at some time previous to the arrangement of the rest of the Psalt...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 3 A PSALM OF DAVID, WHEN HE FLED FROM ABSALOM HIS SON. This is the first of the psalms that has a title, and is called a Psalm; the word for which, "mizmor", comes from one whic...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _A.M. 2981. B.C. 1023._ As the foregoing Psalm, under the emblem of David in preferment, showed us the royal dignity of the Redeemer; so this, by the example of David in distress, shows us the peace...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    Heading ‘A psalm of David when he fled from Absalom his son.' The headings of the Psalms were clearly very ancient and this may well therefore be a reliable tradition. The context in which this psalm...

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