Let them curse; I can patiently bear their curses, as being causeless, and fully compensated by thy blessing. Or, they do and will curse, I expect nothing else from them.
Arise, i.e. bestir themselves against me. Both God and men are oft said to arise when they enter upon any undertaking, as Jos_24:9Jud_8:212Ch_13:6 21:4, &c.