Prayers, Songs, Praises: Psalm 3

Confidence in Troubled Times
A psalm of David when he fled from his son Absalom.
3:1 Lord, how my foes increase!
There are many who attack me.
2 Many say about me,
“There is no help for him in God.”Selah

3 But you, Lord, are a shield around me,
my glory, and the one who lifts up my head.
4 I cry aloud to the Lord,
and he answers me from his holy mountain.Selah

5 I lie down and sleep;
I wake again because the Lord sustains me.
6 I will not be afraid of thousands of people
who have taken their stand against me on every side.

7 Rise up, Lord!
Save me, my God!
You strike all my enemies on the cheek;
you break the teeth of the wicked.
8 Salvation belongs to the Lord;
may your blessing be on your people.Selah

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Prayers, Songs, Praises: Psalm 2

Coronation of the Son
2:1 Why do the nations rage
and the peoples plot in vain?
2 The kings of the earth take their stand,
and the rulers conspire together
against the Lord and his Anointed One:

3 “Let’s tear off their chains

and throw their ropes off of us.”

4 The one enthroned in heaven laughs;
the Lord ridicules them.
5 Then he speaks to them in his anger
and terrifies them in his wrath:

6 “I have installed my king
on Zion, my holy mountain.”

7 I will declare the Lord’s decree.
He said to me, “You are my Son;
today I have become your Father.

8 Ask of me,
and I will make the nations your inheritance
and the ends of the earth your possession.
9 You will break them with an iron scepter;
you will shatter them like pottery.”

10 So now, kings, be wise;
receive instruction, you judges of the earth.
11 Serve the Lord with reverential awe
and rejoice with trembling.
12 Pay homage to the Son or he will be angry
and you will perish in your rebellion,
for his anger may ignite at any moment.
All who take refuge in him are happy.

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