Psalms 3:7
Arise, O LORD! Save me, O my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
6I will not fear the myriads set against me on every side.
8Salvation belongs to the LORD; may Your blessing be on Your people. Selah
Cross References
2 Samuel 18:8The battle spread over the whole countryside, and that day the forest devoured more people than the sword.
Job 29:17I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.
Psalms 7:6Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment.
Psalms 12:5“For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”
Psalms 35:23Awake and rise to my defense, to my cause, my God and my Lord!
Psalms 58:6O God, shatter their teeth in their mouths; O LORD, tear out the fangs of the lions.
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 →