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7Arise, 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.
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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.
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.
Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 4-8)David, having stirred up himself by the irritations of his enemies to take hold on God as his God, and so gained comfort in looking upward when, if he looked round about him, nothing appeared but what was discouraging, here looks back with pleasing reflections upon the benefit he had derived from trusting in God and looks forward with pleasing expectations of a very bright and happy issue to which…
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