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Psalm 3:7

Arise, LORD! Save me, my God! For you have struck all of my enemies on the cheek bone. You have broken the teeth of the wicked.

5I laid myself down and slept. I awakened, for the LORD sustains me.
6I will not be afraid of tens of thousands of people who have set themselves against me on every side.
7Arise, LORD! Save me, my God! For you have struck all of my enemies on the cheek bone. You have broken the teeth of the wicked.
8Salvation belongs to the LORD. May your blessing be on your people. Selah.
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Broken teeth make this a fierce prayer: surrounded by enemies, David asks God to save him and speaks of God striking those who threaten him.

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Where else Scripture says this

12 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 58:6Break their teeth, God, in their mouth. Break out the great teeth of the young lions, LORD.Both psalms address God about breaking teeth, with Psalm 3 describing his action and Psalm 58 asking him to act.
Job 29:17I broke the jaws of the unrighteous and plucked the prey out of his teeth.Both texts describe broken teeth as the defeat of the wicked; Job also names the prey rescued from their mouths.
Proverbs 30:14There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, and their jaws like knives, to devour the poor from the earth, and the needy from among men.Both passages associate teeth with wickedness; Proverbs describes teeth that devour the vulnerable, while Psalm 3 describes God breaking them.
Job 16:10They have gaped on me with their mouth. They have struck me on the cheek reproachfully. They gather themselves together against me.Both passages describe blows to the cheek, though Job receives the blows and David speaks of God striking his enemies.
Psalm 59:5You, LORD God of Armies, the God of Israel, rouse yourself to punish the nations. Show no mercy to the wicked traitors. Selah.Both prayers urge God to rise against the wicked and use severe language about his action against them.
Psalm 10:12Arise, LORD! God, lift up your hand! Don’t forget the helpless.Both prayers begin with the same appeal for the LORD to arise and ask him to help those in need.
Psalm 6:4Return, LORD. Deliver my soul, and save me for your loving kindness’ sake.Both prayers ask the LORD to save the speaker, with Psalm 6 appealing to his loving kindness.
Matthew 14:30But when he saw that the wind was strong, he was afraid, and beginning to sink, he cried out, saying, “Lord, save me!”Both speakers cry to the Lord for rescue in danger, one facing enemies and the other beginning to sink.
Lamentations 3:30Let him give his cheek to him who strikes him. Let him be filled full of reproach.Both passages mention a struck cheek, though Psalm 3 describes God striking enemies and Lamentations speaks of receiving a blow.
Judges 4:21Then Jael, Heber’s wife, took a tent peg, and took a hammer in her hand, and went softly to him, and struck the pin into his temples, and it pierced through …The shared detail is a violent blow to the head; Psalm 3 addresses God, while Judges names Jael as the actor.
Isaiah 51:9Awake, awake, put on strength, arm of the LORD! Awake, as in the days of old, the generations of ancient times. Isn’t it you who cut Rahab in pieces, who …Both appeals urge the LORD to act and speak of his past violence against enemies.
2 Samuel 22:18He delivered me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.Both texts credit God with overcoming enemies, and Samuel describes rescue from opponents too strong for the speaker.
Where this verse fits

Injustice and anger. fear for the future. anxiety or panic.

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Encouragement

David puts his rescue in God’s hands while enemies surround him. The violence is stark, and the prayer gives no command to strike back: salvation belongs to YHWH.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).