2 Samuel 22:35
He teacheth my bands to war: and maketh my arms like a bow of brass.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 harts, and setting me upon my high places.
36Thou hast given me the shield of my salvation: and thy mildness hath multiplied me.
Cross References
Psalms 46:9Come and behold ye the works of the Lord: what wonders he hath done upon earth,
Ezekiel 39:3And I will break thy bow in thy left hand, and I will cause thy arrows to fall out of thy 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 →