Psalms 76:3
There, hath he broken in pieces the arrows of the bow, shield and sword, and battle. [Selah.]
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah.
In Context
2Now hath come into Salem, his pavilion, And his dwelling-place into Zion.
4Enveloped in light, thou, art more majestic than the mountains of prey.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 14:12So Yahweh smote the Ethiopians, before Asa, and before Judah,—and the Ethiopians fled.
2 Chronicles 32:21So Yahweh sent a messenger, who cut off every hero of valour, and chief ruler and captain, in the camp of the king of Assyria,—and he returned with shame of face to his own land, and, when he entered the house of his god, then, the issue of his own body—there, caused him to fall by the sword.
Psalms 46:9Causing wars to cease unto the end of the earth,—The bow, he shivereth, And breaketh in pieces the spear, war-chariots, burneth he up with fire.
Ezekiel 39:3And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand,- And thine arrows—out of thy right hand, will I cause to fall.
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 →