Psalms 3:7
Arise, LORD! Save me, my God! For you have struck all of my enemies on the cheek bone. You have broken the teeth of the wicked.
World English Bible Classic
In The King James Version
In Context
8Salvation belongs to the LORD. May your blessing be on your people. Selah.
Cross References
2 Samuel 18:8For the battle was there spread over the surface of all the country, and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.
Job 29:17I broke the jaws of the unrighteous and plucked the prey out of his teeth.
Psalms 7:6Arise, LORD, in your anger. Lift up yourself against the rage of my adversaries. Awake for me. You have commanded judgment.
Psalms 12:5“Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD; “I will set him in safety from those who malign him.”
Psalms 35:23Wake up! Rise up to defend me, my God! My Lord, contend for me!
Psalms 58:6Break their teeth, God, in their mouth. Break out the great teeth of the young lions, 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 →