Mazmur 25:19

25:19 Watch my enemies, for they outnumber me;

they hate me and want to harm me. ¹ 

Mazmur 3:1

Psalm 3 ² 

A psalm of David, written when he fled from his son Absalom. ³ 

3:1 Lord, how ⁴  numerous are my enemies!

Many attack me. ⁵ 

[25:19]  ¹ tn Heb “see my enemies for they are numerous, and [with] violent hatred they hate me.”

[3:1]  ² sn Psalm 3. The psalmist acknowledges that he is confronted by many enemies (vv. 1-2). But, alluding to a divine oracle he has received (vv. 4-5), he affirms his confidence in God’s ability to protect him (vv. 3, 6) and requests that God make his promise a reality (vv. 7-8).

[3:1]  ³ sn According to Jewish tradition, David offered this prayer when he was forced to flee from Jerusalem during his son Absalom’s attempted coup (see 2 Sam 15:13-17).

[3:1]  ⁴ tn The Hebrew term מָה (mah, “how”) is used here as an adverbial exclamation (see BDB 553 s.v.).

[3:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “many rise up against me.”