King James Version
Psalms 3:2 in the King James Version says “Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 3 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.”
Psalms 3:2 · KJV
A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son. LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me.
Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.
But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head. for: or, about
I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“of my soul”
H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
“There is no help”
H3444something saved, i.e., (abstractly) deliverance; hence, aid, victory, prosperity
“for him in God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
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