Psalms 76:3
In the days of my tribulation, I sought God, with my hands opposite him in the night, and I was not deceived. My soul refused to be consoled.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah.
In Context
2I cried out to the Lord with my voice, to God with my voice, and he attended to me.
4I was mindful of God, and I was delighted, and I was distressed, and my spirit fell away.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 14:12And so the Lord terrified the Ethiopians before Asa and Judah. And the Ethiopians fled.
2 Chronicles 32:21And the Lord sent an Angel, who struck all the experienced men and warriors, and the leaders of the army of the king of the Assyrians. And he returned in disgrace to his own land. And when he had entered the house of his god, the sons who had gone forth from his loins killed him with the sword.
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 Psalms 76:2-7
Triumph in God. 1 In Judah is God known: his name is great in Israel. 2 In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion. 3 There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah. 4 Thou art more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey. 5 The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands. 6 At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep. The church is here… Read the whole commentary →