Psalms 3:7
Arise, O LORD. Save me, O my God. For thou have smitten all my enemies upon the cheek bone. Thou have broken the teeth of the wicked.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
6I will not be afraid of ten thousands of the people who have set themselves against me round about.
8Salvation belongs to LORD. Thy blessing be upon thy people. Selah.
Cross References
2 Samuel 18:8For the battle was there spread over the face of all the country, and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.
Job 29:17And I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the prey out of his teeth.
Psalms 7:6Arise, O LORD, in thine anger. Lift up thyself against the rage of my adversaries, and awake for me the justice thou have commanded.
Psalms 12:5Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the sighing of the needy, now I will arise, says LORD. I will set him in the safety he gasps for.
Psalms 35:23Stir up thyself, and awake to the justice to me, to my cause, my God and my LORD.
Psalms 58:6Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth. Break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 3:5-8
Confidence in God. 4 I cried unto the Lord with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah. 5 I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the Lord sustained me. 6 I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about. 7 Arise, O Lord ; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly. 8 Salvation belongeth unto the Lord : thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah. David, having stirred up himself… Read the whole commentary →