Psalm 3:8 — he arises for some and strikes those hostile in vain

“Arise, Lord, save me, my God, because you have struck all who are hostile to me in vain. You have crushed the teeth of sinners” (Psalm 3:7). To each, God has a certain state: those for whom he has arisen, those he also saves; but those who are hostile in vain he strikes.

And of those hostile in vain, such is also this: “they hated me without a cause” (John 15:25). And of what sort are the teeth of sinners crushed by the Lord, such also are these about whom it is said: “there will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth” (Matthew 8:12); and “the teeth of the one who has eaten the unripe grape will be set on edge” (Jeremiah 31:29).