Psalm 3:7
Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"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."
Word-by-Word Analysis
קוּם
qûwm
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
יָשַׁע
yâshaʻ
properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor
אֱלֹהִים
ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...
נָכָה
nâkâh
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
לְחִי
lᵉchîy
the cheek (from its fleshiness); hence, the jaw-bone
עֶצֶם
ʻetsem
a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame
שָׁבַר
shâbar
to burst (literally or figuratively)
שֵׁן
shên
a tooth (as sharp); specifically ivory; figuratively, a cliff
רָשָׁע
râshâʻ
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
Key Terms in This Verse
עֶצֶם ʻetsem
a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame
Study H6106 →קוּם qûwm
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
Study H6965 →יָשַׁע yâshaʻ
properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor
Study H3467 →Cross References
Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.
And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.
Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah.
Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies’ sake.
He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.
For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.
Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.
Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom.
When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah.
Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded.
Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?
Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.
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