Psa 3:7, 7:6, 60:5 | JFB | STEP | 7. Arise, O Lord —God is figuratively represented as asleep to denote His apparent indifference ( ). The use of " cheekbone " and " teeth " represents his enemies as fierce, like wild beasts ready to devour ( ), and smiting their cheekbone ( ) denotes violence and insult. thou hast broken —God took his part, utterly depriving the enemy of power to injure.

Psalms 3:7

7. Arise, O Lord—God is figuratively represented as asleep to denote His apparent indifference (Ps 7:6). The use of "cheekbone" and "teeth" represents his enemies as fierce, like wild beasts ready to devour (Ps 27:2), and smiting their cheekbone (1Ki 22:24) denotes violence and insult.

thou hast broken—God took his part, utterly depriving the enemy of power to injure.

Psalms 7:6

6. God is involved as if hitherto careless of him (Ps 3:7; 9:18).

rage—the most violent, like a flood rising over a river's banks.

the judgment . . . commanded—or, "ordained"; a just decision.

Psalms 60:5

5. hear me—or, "hear us."