Psalms 3 Cross References - ISV

¹ A Davidic Psalm, when he fled from his son Absalom.
God Delivers His Servants LORD, I have so many persecutors! Many are rising up against me! ² Many are saying about me, “God will never deliver him!” Interlude ³ But you, LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, and the one who lifts up my head. ⁴ I cry aloud to the LORD, and he answers me from his holy mountain. Interlude ⁵ I lie down and sleep, I wake up, because the LORD sustains me. ⁶ I will not fear multitudes of people, who set themselves against me on every side. ⁷ Arise, LORD! Deliver me, my God! For you strike the jaw of all my enemies, and you break the teeth of the wicked. ⁸ Deliverance comes from the LORD! May your blessing be on your people. Interlude

¹ Absalom Instigates Civil WarSometime later, Absalom acquired a chariot equipped with horses and recruited 50 men to accompany him. ² Then he would get up early, stand near the passageway to the palace gate, and when anyone arrived to file a legal complaint for a hearing before the king, Absalom would call to him and ask, “You’re from what city?” If he replied, “Your servant is from one of Israel’s tribes,” ³ Absalom would respond, “Look, your claims are valid and defensible, but nobody will listen to you on behalf of the king. ⁴ Who will appoint me to be a judge in the land? When anyone arrived to file a legal complaint or other cause, he could approach me for justice and I would settle it!” ⁵ Furthermore, if a man approached him to bow down in front of him, he would put out his hand, grab him, and embrace him. ⁶ By doing all of this to anyone who came to the king for a hearing, Absalom stole the loyalty of the men of Israel.
⁷ And so it was that forty years after Israel had demanded a king, Absalom asked the king, “Please let me go to Hebron so I can pay my vow that I made to the LORD, ⁸ because when I was living at Geshur in Aram, your servant made this solemn promise: ‘If the LORD ever brings me back to Jerusalem, then I will serve the LORD.’”
⁹ The king replied to him, “Go in peace!” So Absalom got up and left for Hebron.
¹⁰ But Absalom sent agents throughout all of the tribes of Israel, telling them, “When you hear the sound of the battle trumpet, you’re to announce that Absalom is king in Hebron.” ¹¹ Meanwhile, 200 men left Jerusalem with Absalom. They had been invited to go along, but were innocent, not knowing anything about what was happening. ¹² Absalom also sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, to come from his home town of Giloh while Absalom was presenting the sacrificial offerings. And so the conspiracy widened, because the common people increasingly sided with Absalom.
¹³ David Flees from JerusalemThen a messenger arrived to inform David, “The loyalties of the men of Israel have shifted to Absalom.”
¹⁴ So David told all of his staff who were with him in Jerusalem, “Let’s get up and get out of here! Otherwise, none of us will escape from Absalom. Hurry, or he’ll overtake us quickly, bring disaster on all of us, and execute the inhabitants of the city!”
¹⁵ “Look!” the king’s staff replied. “Your servants will do whatever the king chooses.” ¹⁶ So the king left, taking his entire household with him except for ten mistresses, who were to keep the palace in order. ¹⁷ The king left, along with all of his people with him, and they paused at the last house. ¹⁸ All of his staff were going on ahead of him—that is, all of the special forces and mercenaries, all of the Gittites, and 600 men who had come to serve him from Gath, went on ahead of the king.

¹⁵ Absalom Captures JerusalemRight about then, Absalom and his entourage from the people of Israel entered Jerusalem, accompanied by Ahithophel.

¹¹ So here’s my advice: Muster everybody from one end of the country to the other! You’ll have an army in number like the sand on the seashore! Then you’ll go into battle! ¹² We’ll go find David wherever he’s hiding. We’ll fall on him like dew on the ground! We’ll kill him and all of his men, and we won’t leave even one man alive! ¹³ If he escapes into a city, we’ll bring ropes to that city and tear it down! We won’t leave a single stone left in the valley!”

⁷ Show forth your gracious love, save those who take refuge in you from those who rebel against your sovereign power.

²¹ “Brother will hand brother over for execution, and a father his child. Children will rebel against parents and have them put to death.

²⁵ All the people answered, “Let his blood be on us and our children!”

⁷ “Get out of here! Get out!” Shimei yelled as he cursed. “You murderer! You who think you’re above the law! ⁸ The LORD has repaid you personally for murdering the entire dynasty of Saul, whose place you’ve taken to reign! And the LORD has given the kingdom into your son Absalom’s control. Now look! Your own evil has caught up with you, because you’re guilty of murder!”

⁴ I cry aloud to the LORD, and he answers me from his holy mountain. Interlude

⁸ Deliverance comes from the LORD! May your blessing be on your people. Interlude

² You people, how long will you malign my reputation? How long will you love what is vain and what is false? Interlude

⁴ Be angry, yet do not sin. Think about this when upon your beds, and be silent. Interlude

⁷ Everyone who sees me mocks me; they gape at me with open mouths and shake their heads at me.

³ My tears have been my food day and night, while people keep asking me all day long, “Where is your God?”

¹⁰ Like the shattering of my bones are the taunts of my oppressors, saying to me all day long, “Where is your God?”

¹¹ and say, “God has abandoned him. Run after him and seize him, because there’s no deliverer.”

³ God comes from Teman— the Holy One from Mount Paran. Interlude His glory spreads throughout the heavens, and praises about him fill the earth.

⁹ Your bow was exposed, and your arrows targeted by command. Interlude You split the earth with rivers.

¹³ You marched out to deliver your people, to deliver with your anointed. You struck the head of the house of the wicked; you stripped him naked from head to foot. Interlude

⁴² “He saved others but can’t save himself! He is the king of Israel. Let him come down from the cross now, and we will believe in him. ⁴³ He trusts in God. Let God rescue him, if he wants to do so now. After all, he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”

¹ The Abrahamic CovenantSome time later, a message came from the LORD to Abram in a vision: “Don’t be afraid, Abram. I am your shield. Your reward will be very great.”

¹³ Within three days, Pharaoh will encourage you and return you to your responsibilities. You’ll attend to Pharaoh’s personal wine cup, just as you did when you were his senior security advisor.

²⁹ How blessed are you, Israel! Who can be like you, a people delivered by the LORD, your shield of help and your finely crafted sword. May your enemies cower before you. You will tread down their high places.”

²⁷ Jehoiachin Leaves PrisonLater on, after King Jehoiachin of Judah had been in exile for 37 years, on the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month, during the first year of his reign, King Evil-merodach of Babylon released King Jehoiachin of Judah from prison.

³ But understand this: the LORD has set apart the godly for himself! The LORD will hear me when I cry out to him!

² The LORD is my rock, my fortress, my deliverer, my God, my stronghold in whom I take refuge, my shield, the glory of my salvation, and my high tower.”

⁶ Now my head will be lifted up above my enemies, even those who surround me. I will sacrifice in his tent with shouts of joy; I will sing and make melodies to the LORD.

⁷ The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and I received help. My heart rejoices, and I give thanks to him with my song.

⁷ I rely on God who is my deliverance and my glory; he is my strong rock, and my refuge is in God.

¹¹ For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD grants grace and favor; the LORD will not withhold any good thing from those who walk blamelessly.

⁷ He will drink from a stream on the way, then hold his head high.

¹¹⁴ You are my fortress and shield; I hope in your word.

²⁵ In the LORD all the descendants of Israel will triumph and make their boast.”

¹⁹ “The sun will no longer be your light by day, nor for brightness will the moon shine on you by night— for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory.

³² a light that will reveal salvation to unbelievers and bring glory to your people Israel.”

¹¹ The glory of God was its radiance, and its light was like a valuable gem, like jasper, as clear as crystal.

²³ The city doesn’t need any sun or moon to give it light, because the glory of God gave it light, and the lamb was its lamp.

⁶ “I have set my king on Zion, my holy mountain.”

² My God, I cry out to you throughout the day, but you do not answer; and throughout the night, but I have no rest. ³ You are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel. ⁴ Our ancestors trusted in you; they trusted and you delivered them. ⁵ They cried out to you and escaped; they trusted in you and were not put to shame.

⁴ I sought the LORD and he answered me; he delivered me from all of my fears.

⁶ This poor man cried out, and the LORD heard and delivered him from all of his distress.

³ Send forth your light and your truth so they may guide me. Let them bring me to your holy mountain and to your dwelling places.

¹⁵ Call on me in the day of distress; I will deliver you, and you will glorify me.”

¹⁷ I called aloud to him and praised him with my tongue. ¹⁸ Were I to cherish iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not listen to me. ¹⁹ Surely God has heard, and he paid attention to my prayers.

³ Have mercy on me Lord, for I call on you all day long. ⁴ Your servant rejoices, because, Lord, I set my hope on you.

¹⁵ When he calls out to me, I will answer him. I will be with him in his distress. I will deliver him, and I will honor him.

⁹ Exalt the LORD our God and worship at his holy mountain, for the LORD our God is holy!

¹ God, My Deliverer I love the LORD because he has heard my prayer for mercy; ² for he listens to me whenever I call. ³ The ropes of death were wound around me and the anguish of Sheol came upon me; I encountered distress and sorrow. ⁴ Then I called on the name of the LORD, “LORD, please deliver me!”

¹ A Song of Ascents
A Prayer for Mercy I cry to you from the depths, LORD, ² Lord, listen to my voice; let your ears pay attention to what I ask of you!

¹³ For the LORD has chosen Zion, desiring it as his dwelling place. ¹⁴ “This is my resting place forever. Here I will live, because I desire to do so.

³ When I called out, you answered me; you strengthened me.

¹ A Davidic Song, when he was in the cave. A prayer.
A Call to God for Help My voice cries out to the LORD; my voice pleads for mercy to the LORD. ² I pour out my complaint to him, telling him all of my troubles. ³ Though my spirit grows faint within me, you are aware of my path. Wherever I go, they have hidden a trap for me.

²⁴ Before they call, I will answer, while they are still speaking, I’ll hear.

¹² When you call out to me and come and pray to me, I’ll hear you. ¹³ You will seek me and find me when you search for me with all your heart.

⁷ Ask, Search, Knock
“Keep asking, and it will be given to you. Keep searching, and you will find. Keep knocking, and the door will be opened for you.

¹³ The Power of PrayerIs anyone among you suffering? He should keep on praying. Is anyone cheerful? He should keep reciting psalms.

⁶ I’ll give peace in the land so that you’ll lie down without fear. I’ll remove wild beasts from the land, and not even war will come to your land.

¹⁸ You’ll be secure, because there is hope; you’ll see that you’re at rest and safe. ¹⁹ When you sleep, there’ll be nothing to fear; and many will court your favor.

⁸ I will lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone, LORD, enable me to live securely.

⁹ He gives us life and does not permit our feet to slip.

² It is useless to get up early and to stay up late, eating the food of exhausting labor— truly he gives sleep to those he loves.

²⁴ When you sit down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be pleasant.

²⁶ Rock-solid security is found in the fear of the LORD, and within it one’s children find refuge.

¹⁰ The name of the LORD is a strong tower; a righteous person rushes to it and is lifted up above the danger.

³ You will keep perfectly peaceful the one whose mind remains focused on you, because he remains in you.

⁶ That very night, before Herod was going to bring him out, Peter, bound with two chains, was sleeping between two soldiers, and guards in front of the door were watching the prisoners.

⁷ where David’s army of servants defeated the Israelis. Many died that day—20,000 men.

¹⁵ Meanwhile, the attendant to the man of God got up early in the morning and went outside, and there were the elite forces, surrounding the city, accompanied by horses and chariots! So Elisha’s attendant cried out to him, “Oh no! Master! What will we do!?”
¹⁶ Elisha replied, “Stop being afraid, because there are more with us than with them!” ¹⁷ Then Elisha prayed, asking the LORD, “Please make him able to really see!” And so when the LORD enabled the young man to see, he looked, and there was the mountain, filled with horses and fiery chariots surrounding Elisha!

² As the kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers conspire together against the LORD and his anointed one, they say,

⁴ Even when I walk through a valley of deep darkness, I will not be afraid because you are with me. Your rod and your staff—they comfort me.

¹ Davidic
Confidence in the LORD The LORD is my light and my salvation— whom will I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life; of whom will I be afraid? ² When those who practice evil, my enemies, and my oppressors come near me to devour my flesh, they stumble and fall. ³ If an army encamps against me, my heart will not fear. If a war is launched against me, I will even trust in that situation.

² Therefore we will not be frightened when the earth roars, when the mountains shake in the depths of the seas,

⁷ The LORD of the heavenly armies is with us; our refuge is the God of Jacob. Interlude

¹⁰ All the nations surrounded me; but in the name of the LORD I will defeat them. ¹¹ They surrounded me, they are around me; but in the name of the LORD I will defeat them. ¹² They surrounded me like bees; but they will be extinguished like burning thorns. In the name of the LORD I will defeat them.

³¹ Nothing Can Separate Us from God’s LoveWhat, then, can we say about all of this? If God is for us, who can be against us?

¹⁰ People gaped at me with mouths wide open; they slap me in their scorn and gather together against me.

¹⁷ I broke the fangs of the wicked, and made him drop the prey.”

⁴ Return, LORD, save my life! Deliver me, because of your gracious love.

⁶ Get up, LORD, in your anger! Rise up, because of the fury of my enemies; Arouse yourself for me; you have ordained justice.

¹² Rise up, LORD! Raise your hand, God. Don’t forget the afflicted!

⁵ “Because the poor are being oppressed, because the needy are sighing, I will now arise,” says the LORD, “I will establish in safety those who yearn for it.”

²³ Wake up! Arouse yourself to vindicate me and argue my case, my God and my Lord.

²³ Wake up! Why are you asleep, Lord? Get up! Don’t cast us off forever!

⁶ God, shatter their teeth in their mouths; LORD, break the fangs of the young lions!

⁵ You, LORD God of the Heavenly Armies, God of Israel, stir yourself up to punish all the nations. Show no mercy to those wicked transgressors. Interlude

¹¹ Why do you not withdraw your hand— your right hand—from your bosom and destroy them?

⁹ when God arose to execute justice and to deliver all the afflicted of the earth. Interlude

⁹ “Awake! Awake! Clothe yourself with strength, you arm of the LORD! Awake, as in days gone by, as in generations of long ago. Was it not you who split apart Rehob, who pierced that sea monster through?

³⁰ He will endure being slapped in the face, bringing him public disgrace.

¹⁹ “Woe to the one who says to a tree, ‘Wake up!’ or ‘Arise!’ to a speechless stone. Idols like this can’t teach, can they? Look, even though it is overlaid with gold and silver, there’s no breath in it at all.”

¹¹ The LORD will give strength to his people; the LORD will bless his people with peace.

³⁹ But deliverance for the righteous one comes from the LORD; he is their strength in times of distress. ⁴⁰ The LORD helps and delivers them; he will deliver them from the wicked, and he will save them because they have sought refuge in him.

¹⁷ Praising the God of IsraelMay his fame be eternal— as long as the sun— may his name endure, and may they be blessed through him, and may all nations call him blessed.

³¹ The horse may be prepared for the day of battle, but to the LORD goes the victory.

¹¹ I, yes I, am the LORD, and apart from me there is no savior.

²¹ Explain and present a case! Yes, let them take counsel together. Who announced this long ago, who declared it from the distant past? Was it not I, the LORD? And there is no other God besides me, a righteous God and Savior; and there is none besides me. ²² Turn to me and be saved, all you ends of the earth. For I am God, and there is no other.

²³ Truly the hills are a deception, and the mountains are confusion. Truly, in the LORD our God is Israel’s salvation.”

⁴ The LORD is Israel’s God“I am the LORD your God from the land of Egypt, and you have known no god except for me, because except for me there is no savior.

⁹ But as for me, with a voice of thanksgiving I will sacrifice to you; what I have vowed I will pay. Deliverance is the LORD’s!”

²⁶ When God raised up his servant, he sent him first to you to bless you by turning every one of you from your evil ways.”

¹² There is no salvation by anyone else, for there is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved.”

³ The Many Blessings of SalvationBlessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah! He has blessed us in the Messiah with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realm,

¹⁴ He said, “I will certainly bless you and give you many descendants.”

⁹ Do not pay others back evil for evil or insult for insult. Instead, keep blessing them, because you were called to inherit a blessing.

¹⁰ They cried out in a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the lamb!”

¹ The Vision of WorshipAfter these things, I heard what sounded like the loud voice of a large crowd in heaven, saying, “Hallelujah! Salvation, glory, and power belong to our God.