Psalms 3:1

In 11 translations

BSB

O LORD, how my foes have increased! How many rise up against me!

KJV

LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me.

WEB

Yahweh, how my adversaries have increased! Many are those who rise up against me.

ASV

Jehovah, how are mine adversaries increased! Many are they that rise up against me.

LSV

A PSALM OF DAVID, IN HIS FLEEING FROM THE FACE OF HIS SON ABSALOM. YHWH, how my distresses have multiplied! Many are rising up against me.

YLT

A Psalm of David, in his fleeing from the face of Absalom his son. Jehovah, how have my distresses multiplied! Many are rising up against me.

DBY

Jehovah, how many are they that trouble me, many they that rise up against me!

DRC3:2

Why, O Lord, are they multiplied that afflict me? many are they who rise up against me.

GNV

A Psalme of Dauid, when he fled from his sonne Absalom. Lord, howe are mine aduersaries increased? howe many rise against me?

JPS3:2

LORD, how many are mine adversaries become! Many are they that rise up against me.

LXXE3:2

O Lord, why are they that afflict me multiplied? many rise up against me.

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WLC3:2

יְ֭הוָה מָֽה־רַבּ֣וּ צָרָ֑י רַ֝בִּ֗ים קָמִ֥ים עָלָֽי׃KJV:Ps.3.1

LXX-Br3:2

Κύριε τί ἐπληθύνθησαν οἱ θλίβοντές με; πολλοὶ ἐπανίστανται ἐπʼ ἐμέ.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Psalms 17:7Show the wonders of Your loving devotion, You who save by Your right hand those who seek refuge from their foes.
• 2 Samuel 17:11–13Instead, I advise that all Israel from Dan to Beersheba—a multitude like the sand on the seashore—be gathered to you, and that you yourself lead them into battle. Then we will attack David wherever we find him, and we…
• 2 Samuel 16:15Then Absalom and all the men of Israel came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel was with him.
• 2 Samuel 15:1–18Some time later, Absalom provided for himself a chariot with horses and fifty men to run ahead of him. He would get up early and stand beside the road leading to the city gate. Whenever anyone had a grievance to bring…
• Matthew 27:25All the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”
• Matthew 10:21Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rise against their parents and have them put to death.

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