Psalms 76:3
There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah.
King James Version
In Context
2In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion.
4Thou art more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 14:12So the LORD smote the Ethiopians before Asa and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled.
2 Chronicles 32:21And the LORD sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels slew him there with the sword.
Psalms 46:9He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.
Ezekiel 39:3And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine 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 →