Psalms 3:7
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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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“Arise, O LORD! Save me, O my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Arise, O Jehovah; save me, O my God: For thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; Thou hast broken the teeth of the wicked.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Rise, O Jehovah! save me, my God. Because Thou hast smitten All mine enemies <FI>on<Fi> the cheek. The teeth of the wicked Thou hast broken.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 3:7 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Samuel 18:8The battle spread over the whole countryside, and that day the forest devoured more people than the sword.
- Job 16:10They open their mouths against me and strike my cheeks with contempt; they join together against me.
- Job 29:17I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.
- Psalms 6:4Turn, O LORD, and deliver my soul; save me because of Your loving devotion.
- Psalms 7:6Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment.
- Psalms 10:12Arise, 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 27:3Though an army encamps around me, my heart will not fear; though a war breaks out against me, I will keep my trust.
- Psalms 35:23Awake and rise to my defense, to my cause, my God and my Lord!
- Psalms 44:23Wake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping? Arise! Do not reject us forever.
- Psalms 58:6O God, shatter their teeth in their mouths; O LORD, tear out the fangs of the lions.
- Psalms 59:5O LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, rouse Yourself to punish all the nations; show no mercy to the wicked traitors. Selah
- Psalms 74:11Why do You withdraw Your strong right hand? Stretch it out to destroy them!
- Psalms 76:9when God rose up to judge, to save all the lowly of the earth. Selah
- Isaiah 51:9Awake, 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?
- Lamentations 3:30Let him offer his cheek to the one who would strike him; let him be filled with reproach.
- Habakkuk 2:19Woe 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.”
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