Psalms 3:2
Many say of me, “God will not deliver him.” Selah
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ASV
Many there are that say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. [Selah
KJV
Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.
Many there be which say of my soul,.... Or "to my soul" (u), the following cutting words, which touched to the quick, reached his very heart, and like a sword pierced through it: there is no help for him in God; or "no salvation" (w): neither in this world, nor in that which is to come, as Kimchi explains it. David's enemies looked upon his case to be desperate; that it was impossible he should ever extricate himself from it; yea, that God himself either could not or would not save him.
Selah - This word is no where used but in this poetical book, and in the song of Habakkuk. Probably it was a musical note, directing the singer either to lift up his voice, to make a pause, or to lengthen the tune. But withal, it is generally placed at some remarkable passage; which gives occasion to think that it served also to quicken the attention of the singer and hearer.
No help for him in God - These were some of the reproaches of his enemies, Shimei and others: “He is now down, and he shall never be able to rise. God alone can save him from these his enemies; but God has visibly east him off.” These reproaches deeply affected his heart; and he mentions them with that note which so frequently occurs in the Psalms, and which occurs here for the first time, סלה selah. Much has been said on the meaning of this word; and we have nothing but conjecture to guide us.
David complains before his loving God of the worst weapon of his enemies' attacks, and the bitterest drop of his distresses. "Oh!" saith David, "many there be that say of my soul, There is no help for him in God." Some of his distrustful friends said this sorrowfully, but his enemies exultingly boasted of it, and longed to see their words proved by his total destruction. This was the unkindest cut of all, when they declared that his God had forsaken him.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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Psalms 4:4Be angry, yet do not sin; on your bed, search your heart and be still. Selah
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“Be angry, yet do not sin.” Do not let the sun set upon your anger,
At night I remembered my song; in my heart I mused, and my spirit pondered:
When I remember You on my bed, I think of You through the watches of the night.
“Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted over the earth.”
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Psalms 42:3My tears have been my food both day and night, while men ask me all day long, “Where is your God?”
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Let the priests who minister before the LORD weep between the portico and the altar, saying, “Spare Your people, O LORD, and do not make Your heritage a reproach, an object of scorn among…
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Why should the nations ask, “Where is their God?” Before our eyes, make known among the nations Your vengeance for the bloodshed of Your servants.
Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?”
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Psalms 22:7All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads:
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And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads and saying, “Aha! You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,