Psalms 3:7

I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, 1 Who beset me round about. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

6I lay down and slept; 1 I awoke; for the Lord will help me. 1

8Arise, Lord; deliver me, my God: 1 For thou hast smitten all who were without cause mine enemies; 1 Thou hast broken the teeth of sinners. 1

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Cross References

2 Samuel 18:8And the battle there was scattered over the face of all the land: and the wood consumed more of the people than the sword consumed among the people in that day.

Job 29:17And I broke the jaw teeth of the unrighteous; 1 I plucked the spoil out of the midst of their teeth. 1

Psalms 7:6Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; 1 And let him trample my life on the ground, 1 And lay my glory in the dust. Pause. 1

Psalms 12:5But I have hoped in thy mercy; 1 My heart shall exult in thy salvation. 1

Psalms 58:6And thou, Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, 1 Draw nigh to visit all the heathen; 1 Pity not any that work iniquity. Pause. 1

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 →

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