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Psalms 3:6
I will not fear the myriads set against me on every side.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — David, having just woken from sleep sustained by the LORD (v. 5), declares his refusal to fear the armies surrounding him. He speaks in the moment between waking and the plea for divine action that follows (v. 7).
The words — רִבְבֹת (ribbôth), "ten thousands of," is a military term for vast host numbers; it names the scale of opposition David refuses to be governed by.
The thread — The same logic runs through Psalms 27:1 ("whom shall I fear?") and Psalms 118:10 ("all the nations surrounded me"), and is restated in Romans 8:31 ("If God is for us, who can be against us?").
Why it lands — It asks the reader to name the size of what threatens them and then choose, in that same breath, not to be ruled by it. The verse is not a claim that the threat is small; it is a declaration that the threat's size does not determine the outcome.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about.
Cross-references
- Romans 8:31 What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
- Psalms 27:1 Of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life—whom shall I dread?
- Psalms 118:10 All the nations surrounded me, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.
- Psalms 23:4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
- 2 Kings 6:15 When the servant of the man of God got up and went out early in the morning, behold, an army with horses and chariots had surrounded the city. So he asked Elisha, “Oh, my master, what are we to do?”
- Psalms 46:7 The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
- 2 Samuel 18:7 There the people of Israel were defeated by David’s servants, and the slaughter was great that day—twenty thousand men.
- Psalms 46:2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth is transformed and the mountains are toppled into the depths of the seas,
- Psalms 2:2 The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together, against the LORD and against His Anointed One: