Confidence in Troubled Times

¹Lord , how my foes increase!

There are many who attack me.

²Many say about me,

“There is no help for him in God.” Selah

³But you, Lord , are a shield around me,[#3:3 Gn 15:1; Dt 33:29; Ps 5:12; 18:2; 28:7; 119:114]

my glory, and the one who lifts up my head.

⁴I cry aloud to the Lord ,

and he answers me from his holy mountain. Selah

⁵I lie down and sleep;

I wake again because the Lord sustains me.

⁶I will not be afraid of thousands of people

who have taken their stand against me on every side.

⁷Rise up, Lord ![#3:7 Ps 7:6]

Save me, my God!

You strike all my enemies on the cheek;

you break the teeth of the wicked.

⁸Salvation belongs to the Lord ;[#3:8 Jnh 2:9; Rv 7:10; 19:1]

may your blessing be on your people. Selah