Psalm 3:1-6 Notes

1. O Lord how many are my foes! How many rise up against me!
2. Many are saying of me, God will not deliver him
3. But you are a shield around me, O Lord, You bestow glory on me and lift up my head.
4. To the Lord, I cry aloud, and He answers me from His holy hill
5. I lie down and sleep, I wake again, because the Lord sustains me.
6. I will not fear the tens of thousands drawn up against me on every side.

• Psalm 3 was written when David was on the run, fleeing from an army governed by his son, Absalom.
• First prayer in the Psalms.
• the language of prayer originates in the midst of trouble. Humanity recognizing their only hope is in His God.
• Praying with faith, expectation, no worries on how it appears or sounds, with passion and truth, are the prayers recorded in Psalms.

• David starts of overwhelmed by fear which is what the enemy tries to do to us, blind us with fear and unbelief.
• The attack was coming from his son. When the hit comes from the outside its easier to deal with. When it comes from the inside, someone close, the sting is almost unbearable.
• At the end of verse 2 the mood changes.
• The word SELAH appears before verse 3.
• SELAH - is a musical pause (depending on the definition of who's teaching it). Closest explanation would be to pause, rest, observe, meditate, before moving on.
• After this 'pause' David has a new-found confidence in his shield (God).
• Originally shield signifies MUCH more than a shield. It is a protection that surrounded a man entirely; above, beneath, around, within and without!

• The Israelites remind David of his past failures but the TRUTH drowned out their words.
• Praise, like Prayer, changes things.
• Some theologians say when you read the word SELAH, 'lift up the mood, sing more loudly, pitch the tune to a higher key, there is victory coming.'

• We read that Davids sleep was sweet (peace of God). He trusts, is confident that the hand of the Lord is upon him. He will be triumphant.

Before you open your mouth to confess how hard life may be... pause, re-tune your instrument... and speak the truth, over your facts! SELAH