Arise, Yahweh! Save me, my God! For you have struck all of my enemies on the cheek bone. You have broken the teeth of the wicked.

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  • WEB World English Bible

    Arise, Yahweh! Save me, my God! For you have struck all of my enemies on the cheek bone. You have broken the teeth of the wicked.

  • KJV King James Version

    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.

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    (3-8) Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God; for Thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek, Thou hast broken the teeth of the wicked.

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Cross-references (15)

Passages linked to Psalms 3:7 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Psalms 58:6 Break their teeth, God, in their mouth. Break out the great teeth of the young lions, Yahweh.
  • Job 29:17 I broke the jaws of the unrighteous and plucked the prey out of his teeth.
  • Job 16:10 They have gaped on me with their mouth. They have struck me on the cheek reproachfully. They gather themselves together against me.
  • Psalms 10:12 Arise, Yahweh! God, lift up your hand! Don’t forget the helpless.
  • Psalms 59:5 You, Yahweh God of Armies, the God of Israel, rouse yourself to punish the nations. Show no mercy to the wicked traitors.
  • Psalms 6:4 Return, Yahweh. Deliver my soul, and save me for your loving kindness’ sake.
  • Psalms 12:5 “Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says Yahweh; “I will set him in safety from those who malign him.”
  • Psalms 35:23 Wake up! Rise up to defend me, my God! My Lord, contend for me!
  • Psalms 44:23 Wake up! Why do you sleep, Lord? Arise! Don’t reject us forever.
  • Psalms 74:11 Why do you draw back your hand, even your right hand? Take it from your chest and consume them!
  • Psalms 76:9 when God arose to judgment, to save all the afflicted ones of the earth.
  • Lamentations 3:30 Let him give his cheek to him who strikes him. Let him be filled full of reproach.
  • Psalms 7:6 Arise, Yahweh, in your anger. Lift up yourself against the rage of my adversaries. Awake for me. You have commanded judgment.
  • Isaiah 51:9 Awake, awake, put on strength, arm of Yahweh! Awake, as in the days of old, the generations of ancient times. Isn’t it you who cut Rahab in pieces, who pierced the monster?
  • Habakkuk 2:19 Woe to him who says to the wood, ‘Awake!’ or to the mute stone, ‘Arise!’ Shall this teach? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all within it.

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Explain this verse (17 sources)

Historical commentary, presented as a primary source — not an endorsement.

John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain 7 Arise, O Lord. As in the former verses…

7 Arise, O Lord. As in the former verses David boasted of his quiet state, it would now appear he desires of the Lord to be preserved in safety during the whole of his life; as if he had said, Lord, since thou hast overthrown my enemies, grant that this thy goodness may follow me, and be continued even to the end of my course. But because it is no uncommon thing for David, in the Psalms, to mingle together various affections, it seems more probable, that, after having made mention of his confidence in God, he returns again to make the same prayers as at the beginning. A faire les mesmes prieres qu’au commencement. — Fr.

Et puis a cause qu’il a obtenu cela, c’est a dire, qu’il est demeure, en sauvete, it luy en rend graces; tesmoignant par cela qu’il tient de Dieu sa deliverance et la recognoist de luy. — Fr. And then having obtained this, that is to say, having been preserved in safety, he gives thanks to God, testifying by this, that he owed his deliverance to him, and recognized it as coming from him.

John Calvin's Commentaries (1540-1563) — public domain. Text from the Calvin Translation Society English edition (1840s-50s) via the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (ccel.org). Calvin's coverage is partial (roughly two-thirds of the Bible); uncommented books and verses are honest gaps, never fabricated. The 19th-century editor's footnotes and remarks are omitted so the notes are faithfully Calvin's own voice.

John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Psa 3:7 Arise, O LORD; save me, O my…
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Arise; bestir thyself on my behalf, and be no…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Arise, O Lord; save me, O my God,.... God…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Cheek bone - Which implies contempt and reproach. Teeth…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 7. Arise, O Lord] Though he knew that…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Psa 3:7. Arise, O Lord, save me — Defer…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Arise, O Lord - This is a common mode…
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain Arise, O Lord--God is figuratively represented as asleep to…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 7. Arise, O Lord—The rising, here, is to be…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 7. Arise, O Lord] The opening words of the…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (7) Thou hast smitten . . . broken.—Better, thou…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Arise, O Lord. (comp. Num_10:35 Psa_7:6 Psa_9:19 Psa_10:12 Psa_17:13…
Charles H. Spurgeon 1885 · Public Domain Verse 7. His only hope is in his God,…
The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain Thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek…
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Rise up
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 3:7-8 The psalmist does not seek revenge; instead, he…

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