Psalms 76:3
And his place is in peace: and his abode in Sion:
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah.
In Context
2In Judea God is known: his name is great in Israel.
4There hath he broken the powers of bows, the shield, the sword, and the battie.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 14:12And the Lord terrified the Ethiopians before Asa and Juda: and the Ethiopians fled.
2 Chronicles 32:21And the Lord sent an angel who cut off all the stout men and the warriors, and the captains of the army of the king of the Assyrians: and he returned with disgrace into his own country. And when he was come into the house of his god, his sons that came out of his bowels, slew him with the sword.
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 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 →