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The LORD Is My Salvation

Psalms 27:3

In 11 translations

BSB
Though an army encamps around me, my heart will not fear; though a war breaks out against me, I will keep my trust.
KJV
Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.
WEB
Though an army should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear. Though war should rise against me, even then I will be confident.
ASV
Though a host should encamp against me, My heart shall not fear: Though war should rise against me, Even then will I be confident.
LSV
Though a host encamps against me, || My heart does not fear, || Though war rises up against me, || In this I [am] confident.
YLT
Though a host doth encamp against me, My heart doth not fear, Though war riseth up against me, In this I [am] confident.
DBY
If a host encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; if war rise against me, in this will I be confident.
DRC26:3
If armies in camp should stand together against me, my heart shall not fear. If a battle should rise up against me, in this will I be confident.
GNV
Though an hoste pitched against me, mine heart should not be afraide: though warre be raised against me, I will trust in this.
JPS
Though a host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; though war should rise up against me, even then will I be confident.
LXXE26:3
Though an army should set itself in array against me, my heart shall not be afraid: though war should rise up against me, in this am I confident.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
אִם־תַּחֲנֶ֬ה עָלַ֨י ׀ מַחֲנֶה֮ לֹֽא־יִירָ֪א לִ֫בִּ֥י אִם־תָּק֣וּם עָ֭לַי מִלְחָמָ֑ה בְּ֝זֹ֗את אֲנִ֣י בוֹטֵֽחַ׃
LXX-Br26:3
Ἐὰν παρατάξηται ἐπʼ ἐμὲ παρεμβολὴ, οὐ φοβηθήσεται ἡ καρδία μου· ἐὰν ἐπαναστῇ ἐπʼ ἐμὲ πόλεμος, ἐν ταύτῃ ἐγὼ ἐλπιζω.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 3:6I will not fear the myriads set against me on every side.
  • 1 Peter 3:14But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear what they fear; do not be shaken.”
  • Romans 8:35–37Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written: “For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep…
  • Philippians 1:28without being frightened in any way by those who oppose you. This is a clear sign of their destruction but of your salvation, and it is from God.
  • 2 Corinthians 5:6–8Therefore we are always confident, although we know that while we are at home in the body, we are away from the Lord. For we walk by faith, not by sight. We are confident, then, and would prefer to be away from the…
  • Isaiah 54:16–17Behold, I have created the craftsman who fans the coals into flame and forges a weapon fit for its task; and I have created the destroyer to wreak havoc. No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute…
  • Revelation 2:10Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Look, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful even unto death, and I will give you the crown…
  • Isaiah 41:11–12Behold, all who rage against you will be ashamed and disgraced; those who contend with you will be reduced to nothing and will perish. You will seek them but will not find them. Those who wage war against you will come…
  • 2 Kings 6:15–17When the servant of the man of God got up and went out early in the morning, an army with horses and chariots had surrounded the city. So he asked Elisha, “Oh, my master, what are we to do?” “Do not be afraid,” Elisha…
  • 1 Samuel 28:15–16Then Samuel said to Saul, “Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?” “I am deeply distressed,” replied Saul. “The Philistines are fighting against me, and God has turned away from me. He no longer answers me,…
  • Psalms 52:6The righteous will see and fear; they will mock the evildoer, saying,
  • 2 Chronicles 20:15And he said, “Listen, all you people of Judah and Jerusalem! Listen, King Jehoshaphat! This is what the LORD says: ‘Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army, for the battle does not belong to you, but…
  • Job 4:6Is your reverence not your confidence, and the uprightness of your ways your hope?
  • Revelation 12:7–11Then a war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back. But the dragon was not strong enough, and no longer was any place found in heaven for him and…

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

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  • 26:3 in some Bibles
  • 27:3 in most Bibles

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