Psalm 3

1.   O Lord, how many are my foes!   How many rise up against me!

2.   Many are saying of me, "God will not deliver him."   Selah

3.   But you are a shield around me, O Lord;   you bestow glory on me and lift up my head.

4.   To the Lord I cry aloud, and he answers me from his holy hill.   Selah

5.   I lie down and sleep;   I wake again, because the Lord sustains me.

6.   I will not fear the tens of thousands drawn up against me on every side.

7.   Arise, O Lord!   Deliver me, O my God!   Strike all my enemies on the jaw;   break the teeth of the wicked.

8.   From the Lord comes deliverance.   May your blessing be on your people.   Selah

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A psalm of David.
When he fled
from his son Absalom.

Psalm 77  is also a supplication and lament recited by an individual seeking deliverance in times of personal crisis.