The moral meaning of Psalm 3 is complementary to what has been shown in Psalm 2. In Psalm 2, the "kings of the earth" and the "rulers, who take counsel together," were introduced.
Both the powers of the soul and the passions are inimical to our salvation on account of our fallen nature. We experience our foes as a multitude, on account of the great number of the passions, along with the weakness and complicity of our own intellects and wills in the passions' designs.
This multitude is not made up of the kind of enemies, who are content to stand at a distance. No, these enemies continually "rise up" against the higher mind (nous) in a ceaseless battle for control over the soul's determination. The passions, of course, are demon-controlled, so the "many" who rise up against the higher mind can also be understood as the demons themselves.
They hurl thoughts (logismoi) as missiles against the soul. One of their primary weapons is doubt, as they seek to destroy confidence in God. "How many are saying about me: There is no help for him in God," is a summation of the thoughts by which the demons seek to break down the soul's defenses through despair.
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