Morning Prayer

Psalm 3 1LORD, how many adversaries I have! * how many there are who rise up against me! 2How many there are who say of me, * "There is no help for him in his God." 3But you, O LORD, are a shield about me; * you are my glory, the one who lifts up my head. 4I call aloud upon the LORD, * and he answers me from his holy hill; 5I lie down and go to sleep; * I wake again, because the LORD sustains me. 6I do not fear the multitudes of people * who set themselves against me all around. 7Rise up, O LORD; set me free, O my God; * surely, you will strike all my enemies across the face, you will break the teeth of the wicked. 8Deliverance belongs to the LORD. * Your blessing be upon your people!