Psalms 124:3

124:3 they would have swallowed us alive,

when their anger raged against us.

Psalms 85:5

85:5 Will you stay mad at us forever?

Will you remain angry throughout future generations? ¹ 

Psalms 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 

[85:5]  ¹ tn Heb “Will your anger stretch to a generation and a generation?”

[3:1]  ¹ 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]  ² 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]  ³ tn The Hebrew term מָה (mah, “how”) is used here as an adverbial exclamation (see BDB 553 s.v.).

[3:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “many rise up against me.”