Psalms 3:6 - Exposition

I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people . (On the vast multitude of people that had collected to attack the fugitive king, see the comment on Psalms 3:1 .) David, however, did not fear them. Like Asa ( 2 Chronicles 14:11 ) and Judas Maccabeus (1 Macc. 3:18), he knew that there was no zeal might in ,' the multitude of an host" ( Psalms 33:16 ). God could save equally with many or with few, and against many or against few. That have set themselves against me round about; or, ranged themselves against me (Kay)—a military term (comp. Isaiah 22:7 ).