Psalms 3:7

"Arise, O Jehovah; save me, O my God:

For thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone

Thou hast broken the teeth of the wicked.

Salvation belongeth unto Jehovah:

Thy blessing upon thy people. (Selah)"

"Thou hast smitten all mine enemies." Some scholars suppose that David here recalled prior occasions in his life when God had given him mighty victories over his foes; but our own opinion is that the use of the past perfect tense here is prophetic, in which David prophesied his victory over Absalom and spoke of it as so certain of fulfillment that it was appropriate to use the past tense in speaking of it.

"Smitten upon the cheek bone ... thou hast broken the teeth." Many scholars have observed that, "The enemies alike of David and of God are represented here as wild beasts, whose weapons are their jaws and teeth. Let God break these, and they are harmless."[6]

"Salvation belongeth unto Jehovah." When Jonah cried to God from the fish's belly, his triumphant cry was, "Salvation is of Jehovah"! (Jonah 2:9).

"Thy blessing be upon thy people." The Psalmist here rose above his own selfish interests in seeking God's help, linking it with the blessing of God upon all of his people.