Psalms 3:8
Arise, 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
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah.
In Context
7I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, 1 Who beset me round about. 1
9Deliverance is the Lord’s, 1 And thy blessing is upon thy people.
Cross References
2 Samuel 23:12And he stood firm in the midst of the portion, and rescued it, and smote the Philistines; and the Lord wrought a great deliverance.
Psalms 29:11The Lord heard, and had compassion upon me; 1 The Lord is become my helper. 1
Psalms 72:17Until I go into the sanctuary of God; 1 And so understand the latter end. 1
Proverbs 21:31A horse is prepared for the day of battle; 1 But help is of the Lord.
Isaiah 45:21If they will declare, let them draw nigh, that they may know together, who has caused these things to be heard from the beginning: then was it told you. I am God, and there is not another beside me; a just God and a Savior; there is none but me.
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 →