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Psalms 3:7

Arise, O Lord; save me, O my God! a confident cry to Jehovah to interfere now in the happenings of the world; for Thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; Thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly, like the jaws of ravenous beasts or tearing monsters, the crushing of whose jaws and teeth not only renders them harmless, but is equivalent to their complete overthrow.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 3:7. _ARISE, O LORD_] Though he knew that God had undertaken his defence, yet he knew that his continued protection depended on his continual prayer and faith. God never ceases to help as...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    :Title A PSALM OF DAVID - literally, belonging to David; that is, belonging to him as the author. This is marked in the Hebrew as the first verse, and so in the Syriac version, the Latin Vulgate, and...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    ARISE, O LORD - This is a common mode of calling upon God in the Scriptures, as if he had been sitting still, or had been inactive. It is, of course, language taken from human conceptions, for in the...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    Psalms 3 SORROWS AND TRIALS OF THE GODLY REMNANT (3-7) _ 1. Persecution and comfort (Psalms 3:1)_ 2. Arise Jehovah! Save me, O my God (Psalms 3:5) The five Psalms which follow bring before us the g...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    III. A MORNING HYMN OF TRIUMPH AND PEACE. It is a king or party leader who speaks, but who he was or when he wrote we cannot say. The conjecture in the title is of no value except as an extreme instan...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    UNGODLY. lawless. Hebrew. _rasha'._ App-44....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    ARISE, O LORD, &C.— David having related in the former verses the state of his mind during his flight, in the following he expresses his thankfulness to God for his deliverance, which he ascribes enti...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    PSALMS 3 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Conspiracy, Confidence, Courage and Victory. Chief Conspirator left Unnamed! ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 3:1-2, A Surprising Conspiracy. Stanza II., Psalms 3:3-4, Unshaken...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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._ Arise ... save me. What thou hast done for me heretofore is...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    This is the first of the 'Davidic' Psalms. It is a morning prayer as Psalms 3:6 suggests. The heading of the Ps. provides a historical setting for it in the revolt of Absalom, and it is the only Ps. s...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    ARISE, O LORD] The ancient marching-song of the Hebrew host began with these words (Numbers 10:35)....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Psalms 1:41 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the * before a word to show an explanation. The translated Bible tex...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THOU HAST SMITTEN... BROKEN. — Better, _thou smitest_... _breakest._ The enemies are conceived of as wild beasts, like the lion and bear of the adventures of David’s own youth, whom God would render h...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[Psalms 3:8]_ ק֘וּמָ֤ה יְהוָ֨ה ׀ הֹושִׁ֘יעֵ֤נִי אֱלֹהַ֗י כִּֽי...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Psalms 3:1 ANOTHER pair of psalms follows the two of the Introduction. They are closely connected linguistically, structurally, and in subject. The one is a morning, the other an evening hymn, and pos...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    MORNING AND EVENING PRAYERS Psalms 3:1; Psalms 4:1 These psalms probably date from David's flight before Absalom, 2 Samuel 16:1. It is the perfection of trust to be able to sleep when our foes are ma...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    This is a morning psalm. It is the song of a soul in grave peril as a new day dawns. The consciousness of difficulty is first uttered. Adversaries are increased, and the bitterest part of the pain is...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Thousands. Septuagint, "myriads." (Haydock) --- If my enemies were still more numerous, I should not fear. (Calmet) --- I beseech thee to help me. (Worthington)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    How charming both these verses! Ten thousands opposed to one poor man become a mighty army! But millions against us, when God is on our side, are as nothing. Oh! for faith in the Lord, and in the powe...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    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,...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    The first, Psalms 3, gives the condition in general in contrast with Psalms 2, and the support and confidence of faith in it. The troublers of the godly man are multiplied, haughty, and triumphing ove...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    ARISE, O LORD; SAVE ME, O MY GOD,.... God sometimes, in the apprehension of his people, seems to be as if he was asleep: when he does not appear to them and for them, and does not exert his power on t...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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. Ver. 7. _Arise, O Lord, &c._] If the Lord do but arise only...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Arise, O Lord, save me_ Defer no longer, but let them see thou hast not forsaken me; _O my God_ Who art mine by special relation and covenant: Lord, save thy own. Deliver me from these my rebellious...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    4-8 Care and grief do us good, when they engage us to pray to God, as in earnest. David had always found God ready to answer his prayers. Nothing can fix a gulf between the communications of God's gr...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    ARISE; bestir thyself on my behalf, and be no longer as an idle spectator of my miseries. O MY GOD; who art mine by special relation and covenant, and I am thy son and thy servant; Lord, save thine ow...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 3:7 Arise H6965 (H8798) LORD H3068 Save H3467 (H8685) God H430 struck H5221 (H8689) enemies...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    HIS PRAYER FOR DELIVERANCE, AND CRY FOR BLESSING ON HIS PEOPLE. ‘Arise, O YHWH, save me, O my God, For you have smitten all my enemies on the cheekbone You have broken the teeth of the wicked.' Dav...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    These may be called very properly morning and evening Psalms. The third Psalm is the morning Psalm. A psalm of David when he fled from Absalom, his son. A dark hour that for David, preceded by the sha...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: A prayer of David (when he fled from Absalom). CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: God is a shield for His trusting people. He wards off the fiery darts of Satan and the storms of trouble,...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Psalms 3:4. _Selah._ This word, as all seem agreed, refers to the singing and music only, the better to adapt changes of airs to the sentiments of the psalm; and yet the sense is given with much diver...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone._ THE SECRET OF DAVID’S CONFIDENCE This shows that David’s expectation of victory was not in himself, in his personal prowess as a warrior, but...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Lord, how are they increased that trouble me._ MORNING THOUGHTS With returning day there comes back on the monarch’s heart the recollection of the enemies who threaten him, a nation up in arms again...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 3:1. This is the first psalm with a title. The title names David as the author and ties the psalm to Absalom’s rebellion (2 Samuel 15:1). Fou

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 3:7 ARISE. Compare Numbers 10:35. FOR YOU STRIKE... YOU BREAK. David can boldly ask God for help because God has often pr

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    MINORITIES AND MAJORITIES _Introduction_ “The preceding psalm had set before us the utter vanity of all attempts to injure the throne of God’s anointed King—Messiah. The present psalm relates to tha...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION Tins psalm is entitled, "a Psalm of David when he fled from Absalom his son;" literally, "in his flight from Absalom his son." The historical correctness of the title has been questioned (H...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    The third psalm is a psalm of David when he was fleeing from Absalom. Going over the Mount of Olives and out towards the Judean wilderness on news that Absalom was coming with an army from Hebron. And...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Habakkuk 2:19; Isaiah 51:9; Job 16:10; Job 29:17; Lamentations 3:30;...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    DAVID'S TRUST IN GOD Psalms 3:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS As an introduction to the Third Psalm we want to give you a vision of the young man Absalom, the son of David, who is described as the basis of Da...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    THE PREFATORY PSALMS Psalms 1:1, _Psalms 2:1, and Psalms 3:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS The first chapter of the Psalm is its preface. You may call it, if you wish, the prefatory Psalm. It gives you the ke...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Cheek bone — Which implies contempt and reproach. Teeth — Their strength and the instruments of their cruelty. He compares them to wild beasts....

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