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Verse Psalms 3:6. _I WILL NOT BE AFRAID OF TEN THOUSANDS_] Strength
and numbers are nothing against the omnipotence of God. He who has
made God his refuge certainly has no cause to fear....
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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 verse,
and so in the Syriac version, the Latin Vulgate, and...
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I WILL NOT BE AFRAID - As the result of this new proof of the divine
protection, and in view of all that God has done and has promised, the
psalmist now says that he would not be afraid though any num...
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Psalms 3
SORROWS AND TRIALS OF THE GODLY REMNANT (3-7)
_ 1. Persecution and comfort (Psalms 3:1)_
2. Arise Jehovah! Save me, O my God (Psalms 3:5)
The five Psalms which follow bring before us the g...
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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 the title is of no value except as an extreme instan...
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PSALMS 3
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
Conspiracy, Confidence, Courage and Victory.
Chief Conspirator left Unnamed!
ANALYSIS
Stanza I., Psalms 3:1-2, A Surprising Conspiracy. Stanza II., Psalms
3:3-4, Unshaken...
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_I WILL NOT BE AFRAID OF TEN THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, THAT HAVE SET
THEMSELVES AGAINST ME ROUND ABOUT._
Ten thousands - the "many" of Psalms 3:1....
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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 it in the revolt of Absalom, and it is the only Ps.
s...
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Psalms 1:41
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
Words in boxes are from the Bible.
The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the *
before a word to show an explanation.
The translated Bible tex...
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THAT HAVE SET THEMSELVES — _i.e., have arrayed themselves as for
battle._ (See 1 Kings 20:12.)...
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_[Psalms 3:7]_ לֹֽא ־אִ֭ירָא מֵ רִבְבֹ֥ות
עָ֑ם...
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Psalms 3:1
ANOTHER pair of psalms follows the two of the Introduction. They are
closely connected linguistically, structurally, and in subject. The
one is a morning, the other an evening hymn, and pos...
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MORNING AND EVENING PRAYERS
Psalms 3:1; Psalms 4:1
These psalms probably date from David's flight before Absalom, 2
Samuel 16:1. It is the perfection of trust to be able to sleep when
our foes are ma...
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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 are increased, and the bitterest part of the pain is...
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I will not be afraid of (c) ten thousands of people, that have set
[themselves] against me round about.
(c) When he considered the truth of God's promise, and tried the same,
his faith increased marv...
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Rest, in sin; (St. Athanasius) or, I have not lost my confidence in
God, though dangers threaten on every side. (Calmet) --- Jesus
remained undaunted, when his enemies surrounded him; he continued
(Th...
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The first, Psalms 3, gives the condition in general in contrast with
Psalms 2, and the support and confidence of faith in it. The troublers
of the godly man are multiplied, haughty, and triumphing ove...
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I WILL NOT BE AFRAID OF TEN THOUSANDS OF THE PEOPLE,.... David was a
man of courage from his youth; the instances of his attacking the lion
and the bear, when he kept his father's sheep, his engaging...
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I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set
[themselves] against me round about.
Ver. 6. _I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, &c._]
_Quomodo timeret hominem homo in si...
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_I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people_ Were I beset with as
many nations as I see men now encamp themselves on all sides against
me, I should not be at all daunted at it. “Faith,” says Dr....
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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 on the morning after the day of the flight, when
David s...
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I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, no matter how great a
multitude Absalom might gather to crush him, THAT HAVE SET THEMSELVES
AGAINST ME ROUND ABOUT. This was not spoken in boastfulness...
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4-8 Care and grief do us good, when they engage us to pray to God, as
in earnest. David had always found God ready to answer his prayers.
Nothing can fix a gulf between the communications of God's gr...
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So that I see no human way to escape....
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Psalms 3:6 afraid H3372 (H8799) thousands H7233 people H5971 set H7896
(H8804) around H5439
I will -...
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SECTION 3. HIS CONFIDENCE IN THE MIDST OF DANGER.
‘I laid myself down and slept,
I awoke, for YHWH sustains me.
I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people,
Who have set themselves against me...
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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 son. A dark hour that for David, preceded by the sha...
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CONTENTS: A prayer of David (when he fled from Absalom).
CHARACTERS: God, David.
CONCLUSION: God is a shield for His trusting people. He wards off the
fiery darts of Satan and the storms of trouble,...
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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 psalm; and yet the sense is given with much
diver...
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_Lord, how are they increased that trouble me._
MORNING THOUGHTS
With returning day there comes back on the monarch’s heart the
recollection of the enemies who threaten him, a nation up in arms
again...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 3:1. This is the first psalm with a
title. The title names David as the author and ties the psalm to
Absalom’s rebellion (2 Samuel 15:1). Fou
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MINORITIES AND MAJORITIES
_Introduction_
“The preceding psalm had set before us the utter vanity of all
attempts to injure the throne of God’s anointed King—Messiah. The
present psalm relates to tha...
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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
historical correctness of the title has been questioned (H...
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The third psalm is a psalm of David when he was fleeing from Absalom.
Going over the Mount of Olives and out towards the Judean wilderness
on news that Absalom was coming with an army from Hebron. And...
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2 Kings 6:15; 2 Samuel 18:7; Psalms 118:10; Psalms 2:2; Psalms 27:1
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DAVID'S TRUST IN GOD
Psalms 3:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
As an introduction to the Third Psalm we want to give you a vision of
the young man Absalom, the son of David, who is described as the basis
of Da...
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THE PREFATORY PSALMS
Psalms 1:1, _Psalms 2:1, and Psalms 3:1_
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
The first chapter of the Psalm is its preface. You may call it, if you
wish, the prefatory Psalm. It gives you the ke...