2 Samuel 22:35
He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
In Context
34He makes my feet like those of a deer and stations me upon the heights.
36You have given me Your shield of salvation, and Your gentleness exalts me.
Cross References
Psalms 46:9He makes wars to cease throughout the earth; He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the shields in the fire.
Ezekiel 39:3Then I will strike the bow from your left hand and dash down the 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 →