Psalms 3:7
O Lord, arise: helpe me, my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies vpon the cheeke bone: thou hast broken the teeth of the wicked.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
6I will not be afrayde for ten thousand of the people, that should beset me round about.
8Saluation belongeth vnto the Lord, and thy blessing is vpon thy people. Selah.
Cross References
2 Samuel 18:8For the battel was skattered ouer all the countrey: and the wood deuoured much more people that day, then did the sworde.
Job 29:17I brake also the chawes of the vnrighteous man, and pluckt the praye out of his teeth.
Psalms 7:6Arise, O Lord, in thy wrath, and lift vp thy selfe against the rage of mine enemies, and awake for mee according to the iudgement that thou hast appointed.
Psalms 12:5Now for the oppression of the needy, and for the sighes of the poore, I will vp, sayeth the Lord, and will set at libertie him, whom the wicked hath snared.
Psalms 35:23Arise and wake to my iudgement, euen to my cause, my God, and my Lord.
Psalms 58:6Breake their teeth, O God, in their mouthes: breake the iawes of the yong lions, O 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 →