Psalms 3:7
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 wicked.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
8Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: thy blessing be upon thy people. Selah
Cross References
2 Samuel 18:8For the battle was there spread over the face of all the country: and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.
Job 29:17And I brake the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the prey out of his teeth.
Psalms 7:6Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself against the rage of mine adversaries: and awake for me; thou hast commanded judgment.
Psalms 12:5For the spoiling of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety at whom they puff.
Psalms 35:23Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.
Psalms 58:6Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young 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 →