Psalm 3:1-2 ASV

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 3:2

(2) There is no help.—According to the current creed, misfortune implied wickedness, and the wicked were God-forsaken. David, too, had sent back Zadok with the Ark, which in the popular view meant sending away the power and the presence of God. Even Zadok seemed to share this feeling; and David’s words to him, “thou a seer” (2 Samuel 15:27), seem to contain something of a rebuke.Selah.—This curious word must apparently remain for ever what it has been ever since the first translation of the... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Psalms 3:1-8

Psalms 3:3-6 Dr. John Ker reminds us that this was the text from which Bishop Bedell preached to his fellow-prisoners in the time of the Irish rebellion in 1642, when he and the Protestants of the district were shut up in hold and in danger of death at any moment. He was one of the best Bishops who ever lived in Ireland... learned the Irish language, had the Bible translated into it, was assiduous in Christian work, and filled with the spirit of meekness and self-sacrifice. The word bedel in... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Psalms 3:1-8

Psalms 3:1-8ANOTHER 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 possibly they are placed at the beginning of the earliest psalter for that reason. Ewald and Hitzig accept the Davidic authorship, though the latter shifts the period in David’s life at which they were composed to the mutiny of his men at Ziklag. {1 Samuel 30:1-31} Cheyne thinks that "you will find... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Psalms 3:1-8

Psalms 3:0 Sorrows and Trials of the Godly Remnant (3-7) 1. Persecution and comfort (Psalms 3:1-4 ) 2. Arise Jehovah! Save me, O my God (Psalms 3:5-8 ) The five Psalms which follow bring before us the godly remnant of Israel, their sorrows and trials during the end of the age, while the expected Redeemer and King has not yet come. While this is the dispensational aspect, the application is wider. The trials and sorrows are common to all saints, who live in accordance with their calling... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Psalms 3:1

3:1 [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) This was a token of his stable faith, that for all his troubles he turned to God. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Psalms 3:2

3:2 Many [there be] which say of my soul, [There is] no help for him in God. {b} Selah.(b) Selah here signifies a lifting up of the voice, to cause us to consider the sentence as a thing of great importance. read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Psalms 3:1-8

Psalms 1:0 True happiness is the theme of this psalm, whose author is unnamed. The negative side of true happiness is stated (Psalms 1:1 ), and then the positive (Psalms 1:2 ). Its reward follows (Psalms 1:3 ). Its nature and value are emphasized by a sharp contrast. Such a man is godly, his opposite ungodly (Psalms 1:4 ). The first is marked by stability, the second by instability (Psalms 1:4 ). The first has endless fruitfulness and blessing, the second has nothing and worse than nothing... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Psalms 3:1-8

Psalms 3:0 [Note. This is the first psalm which is ascribed in the title to David. It is supposed to have been written by him in an hour of peril and persecution after the ark had been long established in Jerusalem. The hymn-book of Israel properly begins with this psalm. It is the only psalm in the book which is expressly assigned to the period of David's flight from Absalom, The structure of the psalm is regular four divisions, with two verses of equal length (with one exception, Psa 3:7 ).... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Psalms 3:1

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; but, to an enlightened eye, there is much to be seen in it of Christ. Amidst the afflictions here complained of, There is much of the consolations of Jesus, and his great salvation. Psalms 3:1 By turning to 2 Samuel 15:0 , which I recommend the Reader to do, we shall there find the part of David's life which refers to this history; and, as an history... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Psalms 3:2

Most probably David referred to the curses of Shimei in what he here saith. See 2 Samuel 16:8 . But still yet more striking are these words if considered, as referring to the persecutions of the Lord Jesus. Indeed our adored Lord might well be supposed to speak of the increase of them that troubled him, and which arose up against him. And never surely were taunts so cruelly thrown out as those upon Jesus while hanging on the cross, when they cried out: 'he trusted in God let him deliver him now... read more

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 3:2

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Psalms 3:1-8

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Psalms 3:1-8

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Psalms 3:1-8

Geneva Study Bible - Psalms 3:1

Geneva Study Bible - Psalms 3:2

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Psalms 3:1-8

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Psalms 3:1-8

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Psalms 3:1

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Psalms 3:2

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