Psalms 3:7
Arise, Lord; deliver me, my God: for you have struck all who were without cause my enemies; you have broken the teeth of sinners. 1
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
In Context
6I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, who beset me round about. 1
8Deliverance is the Lord's, and your blessing is upon your people.
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; I plucked the spoil out of the midst of their teeth.
Psalms 7:6Arise, O Lord, in your wrath; be exalted + 7:6 Heb. 'because of my enemies.' in the utmost boundaries of my enemies: awake, O Lord my God, according to the decree which you did command. 1
Psalms 12:5But I have hoped in your mercy; my heart shall exult in your salvation. 1
Psalms 58:6They shall return at evening, and hunger like a dog, and go round about the city. 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 →