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Psalms 3
Douay-Rheims Bible, Challoner revision (1749–1752), the traditional Catholic English Bible, translated from the Latin Vulgate. If you read a modern Bible, this is the same Scripture in older English; some names are spelled differently (Cesarea for Caesarea, Apocalypse for Revelation). About this translation
1 The psalm of David when he fled from the face of his son Absalom.
2 Why, O Lord, are they multipied that afflict me? many are they who rise up against me.
3 Many say to my soul: There is no salvation for him in his God.
4 But thou, O Lord, art my protector, my glory, and the lifter up of my head.
5 I have cried to the Lord with my voice: and he hath heard me from his holy hill.
6 I have slept and have taken my rest: and I have risen up, because the Lord hath protected me.
7 I will not fear thousands of the people surrounding me: arise, O Lord; save me, O my God.
8 For thou hast struck all them who are my adversaries without cause: thou hast broken the teeth of sinners.
9 Salvation is of the Lord: and thy blessing is upon thy people.
This chapter in the Catechism and the early Church
Where the Catechism of the Catholic Church cites these verses (from its footnotes on vatican.va), and where the earliest Church Fathers quote them (Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1, public domain). Short quotes only; follow the links for the full text. The Catechism uses modern verse numbers and psalm numbers (one higher than Douay-Rheims for most psalms), so these are listed by chapter.
- Psalm 3:4 in modern Bibles
Read the Fathers
“I laid me down, and slept; I awaked, for the Lord sustained me.”
Quoted in Dialogue with Trypho, St. Justin Martyr (c. AD 160), Chapter XCVII. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1
- Psalm 3:5 in modern Bibles
Read the Fathers
“I laid me down, and slept; I awaked, for the Lord sustained me.”
Quoted in Dialogue with Trypho, St. Justin Martyr (c. AD 160), Chapter XCVII. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1
- Psalm 3:6 in modern Bibles
Read the Fathers
“As He does Himself say in David, "I slept, and took repose.”
Quoted in Against Heresies, Book IV, St. Irenaeus of Lyons (c. AD 180), Chapter XXXI. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1
A modern English Catholic translation will be added once its publisher grants permission.