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Psalms 3:7

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

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.

Psalms 3:7 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Psalms 3:7

Theological / Devotional

Arise. God is called to come to the psalmist’s help. Compare Israel’s watch-word when the camp set forward (Num. 10:35; cf. Ps. 68:1 ; 132:8).

Thou hast smitten. The Hebrew verb form here may be regarded as a perfect of certainty or a prophetic perfect. In the former, events that are confidently expected are conceived and described as having taken place. The latter describes a future event as having actually happened. The psalmist expresses his confidence that God will crush his enemies; the result is here regarded as an accomplished fact.

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