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Psalms 3:7

Psalms 3:7 is verse 7 of Psalms chapter 3, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

Arise, O LORD! Save me, O my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked.

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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.

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.

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Psalms 3:5–8 · Berean Standard Bible

5 I lie down and sleep; I wake again, for the LORD sustains me.

6 I will not fear the myriads set against me on every side.

7 Arise, O LORD! Save me, O my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked.

8 Salvation belongs to the LORD; may Your blessing be on Your people. Selah

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Psalms 10:12

Arise, O LORD! Lift up Your hand, O God! Do not forget the helpless.

Psalms 12:5

“For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”

Psalms 35:23

Awake and rise to my defense, to my cause, my God and my Lord!

Psalms 44:23

Wake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping? Arise! Do not reject us forever.

Psalms 59:5

O LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, rouse Yourself to punish all the nations; show no mercy to the wicked traitors. Selah

Psalms 74:11

Why do You withdraw Your strong right hand? Stretch it out to destroy them!

Psalms 76:9

when God rose up to judge, to save all the lowly of the earth. Selah

Isaiah 51:9

Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the dragon?

Habakkuk 2:19

Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Awake!’ or to silent stone, ‘Arise!’ Can it give guidance? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, yet there is no breath in it at all.”

Psalms 58:6

O God, shatter their teeth in their mouths; O LORD, tear out the fangs of the lions.

Job 16:10

They open their mouths against me and strike my cheeks with contempt; they join together against me.

Job 29:17

I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.

Lamentations 3:30

Let him offer his cheek to the one who would strike him; let him be filled with reproach.

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