What Does Psalms 3:7 Mean?

“Arise”

to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)

“O LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

“save”

properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e., (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor

“me O my God”

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

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

“for thou hast smitten”

to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“all mine enemies”

hating; an adversary

“upon the cheek bone”

the cheek (from its fleshiness); hence, the jaw-bone

“the teeth”

a tooth (as sharp); specifically ivory; figuratively, a cliff

“of the ungodly”

morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person

“thou hast broken”

to burst (literally or figuratively)