Lord, how they have increased who trouble me! Many are they who rise up against me.
2 Many are they who say of me, there is no help for him in God.” Selah
3 But You, O Lord, are a shield for me, my glory and the One who lifts up my head.
4 I cried to the Lord with my voice, and He heard me from His holy hill. Selah
5 I lay down and slept; I awoke, for the Lord sustained me.
6 I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people who have set themselves against me all around.
7 Arise, O Lord; Save me, O my God! For You have struck all my enemies on the cheekbone;
You have broken the teeth of the ungodly.
8 Salvation belongs to the Lord. Your blessing is upon Your people. Selah
Psalm 3
Lord of heaven and earth,
David possibly wrote this when he had to run from Absalom (2 Samuel 15:14) to save bloodshed across Jerusalem. He did not want to see mass slaughter of innocent people. And he starts like I sometimes do by simply blurting out his troubles to You. And then the word selah. Which though they do not know exactly the meaning of, I choose to think, means pause and think about that!
The pause turns his thoughts to You and perspective. He has put the safety of the people of Jerusalem and his army before his own rights and needs. Things look bad but You remind him that You have never let him down. He is able to remember that doing the right thing enables him to sleep. You surround him first, before his enemies. You heard, You sustained, You beat his enemies back in the past. And then David pauses again to consider his situation, safe and blessed even in trouble . . .
Help me to not just concentrate on the list of things to do, be mended, be sorted, be started. The problems that always need sorting. The problems that arise.Thank You that I can blurt them out even when You know then already and then get perspective. Somehow speaking them out takes away their power. I do not need to lose sleep , though it is hard sometimes, I can rely, trust and put my faith in You. I can turn away from being a miserable grump Selah!
In Jesus name we pray, Amen.
Worship Monday 13th April 2026
This is described as soulful, soothing worship inspired by Psalm 3:3–4, Psalm 28:7, and Psalm 91:15—Scriptures that declare You as our protector, strength, and refuge.
Lyrics: Tribesong