Psalms 76:3
(76:4) There broke he the shining arrows of the bow, shield, and sword, and battle. Selah.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah.
In Context
2(76:3) And in Salem was his tabernacle made, and his dwelling-place in Zion.
4(76:5) Thou art more brilliant, more excellent than the mountains [full] of prey.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 14:12(14:11) Thereupon did the Lord strike down the Ethiopians before Assa, and before Judah: and the Ethiopians fled.
2 Chronicles 32:21And the Lord sent an angel, who cut off every mighty man of valor and leader and captain in the camp of the king of Assyria: and when he was returned with shame of face to his own land, he went into the house of his god, and [those] that were come forth from his own bowels felled him there with the sword.
Psalms 46:9(46:10) He causeth wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in pieces; he burneth wagons in the fire.
Ezekiel 39:3And I will strike thy bow out of thy left hand, and thy arrows will I cause 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 →