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Psalms 3:2

Psalms 3:2
Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

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…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Many there be which say of my soul - Or rather, perhaps, of his “life,” for so the word used here - נפשׁ nephesh - frequently means Lev 17:11; Deu 12:23; Gen 9:4; Gen 35:18; 1Ki 17:21. The object of…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Psalms 3:1-3

The title of this psalm and many others is as a key hung ready at the door, to open it, and let us into the entertainments of it; when we know upon what occasion a psalm was penned we know the better…