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**Title.** A Psalm. See App-65 .
**when.** The first psalm with an historical title. See App-63 and App-64 . Compare 2 Samuel, chapters 15-18.
**how . . . !** Figure of speech *Exclamatio* ( App-6 ), for emphasis.
**increased** = multiplied.
**Many** = what multitudes.

**Many.** Figure of speech *Anaphora.*
**my soul** = me, or myself. Hebrew. *nephesh* . App-13 .
**help** = salvation, or deliverance.
**God.** Hebrew. *Elohim.* App-4 .
**Selah.** Connecting the contrast between "man" (as a creature) who knows God (Elohim) only as Creator, with the speaker (David), who knew *Jehovah* as his Covenant God. See App-4 and [Psalms 66:11](../../../kjv/psalms/66/11) .

**art a shield.** Figure of speech *Metaphor* ( App-6 ); "shield" put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Adjunct), App-6 , for defence.
**for m** e = about me.
**mine head.** Figure of speech *Synecdoche* (of Part), App-6 , put for whole person.

**cried** = shall cry.
**heard** = will answer.
**holy hill.** See note on [Psalms 2:6](../../../kjv/psalms/2/6) .
**Selah.** Connecting the peace which comes from prayer, as in [Philippians 1:4](../../../kjv/philippians/1/4) , [Philippians 1:6](../../../kjv/philippians/1/6) . See App-66 .

**slept** = have slept. At Mahanaim ([2 Samuel 17:27-29](../../../kjv/2-samuel/17/27-29) ).
**sustained** = was sustaining.

**ungodly** = lawless. Hebrew. *rasha'.* App-44 .

**Salvation** = deliverance, same word as "help", [Psalms 3:2](../../../kjv/psalms/3/2) .
**Thy blessing is** = Thy blessing hast been, and wilt be: i.e. whatever may happen to me. In this spirit he sends back the Ark ([2 Samuel 15:25](../../../kjv/2-samuel/15/25) .
**Selah.** Connecting [Psalms 3](../../../kjv/psalms/3) with [Psalms 4](../../../kjv/psalms/4) , which has the same subject. See App-66 .
**To the chief Musician.** See App-64 .
**Neginoth** = smitings; from *nagan,* to strike, as on strings. See App-65 . Here the reference is to the smitings with words in [Psalms 3](../../../kjv/psalms/3) , as in [Lamentations 3:63](../../../kjv/lamentations/3/63) (compare [Job 30:9](../../../kjv/job/30/9) . [Lamentations 3:14](../../../kjv/lamentations/3/14) ). Compare the other *Neginoth* Psalms: [Psalms 3:2](../../../kjv/psalms/3/2) ; [Psalms 5:6](../../../kjv/psalms/5/6) ; [Psalms 53:1](../../../kjv/psalms/53/1) ; [Psalms 54:3](../../../kjv/psalms/54/3) ; [Psalms 60:1](../../../kjv/psalms/60/1) , [Psalms 60:11](../../../kjv/psalms/60/11) , [Psalms 60:12](../../../kjv/psalms/60/12) ; [Psalms 66:10-12](../../../kjv/psalms/66/10-12) ; [Psalms 75:4-6](../../../kjv/psalms/75/4-6) (Compare [Psalms 77:7](../../../kjv/psalms/77/7) , [Isaiah 38:20](../../../kjv/isaiah/38/20) , and [Habakkuk 3:19](../../../kjv/habakkuk/3/19) ).

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