2 Samuel 22:35
teaching my hands to do battle, and making my arms like a bow of brass.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
In Context
34making my feet like the feet of the stag, and stationing me upon my exalted places,
36You have given me the shield of your salvation. And your mildness has multiplied me.
Cross References
Psalms 46:9God will reign over the peoples. God sits upon his holy throne.
Ezekiel 39:3And I will strike your bow in your left hand, and I will cast away your arrows from your right hand.
Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 22:3-51
David's Song of Praise. ( b. c. 1020.) 1 And David spake unto the Lord the words of this song in the day that the Lord had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul: Observe here, I. That it has often been the lot of God's people to have many enemies, and to be in imminent danger of falling into their hands. David was a man after God's heart, but not after men's heart: many were those that hated him, and sought his ruin; Saul is particularly named, either, 1. As distinguished… Read the whole commentary →