Psalms 3:8

Salvation belongeth unto God I expect not salvation from my counsels or forces, but from thy power and favour alone. Thy blessing is Or rather, let it be; upon thy people Either upon my friends and followers, who alone are thy people, the rest being rebels to thee as well as to me; or upon all thy people Israel, to preserve my friends, to convince and convert my enemies, and to save the body of the nation, which, without thy mercy, are likely, by this civil war, to be brought to utter ruin.