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Psalms 76:3
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There He broke the flaming arrows,The shield and the sword and the battle. Selah.
There He broke the flaming arrows, The shield and the sword and the weapons of war. Selah.
There he brake the arrowes of the bowe: the shielde, the sworde, and the battayle. Selah.
There broke he the flashings of the bow, shield and sword and battle. Selah.
There He broke the arrows of the bow, The shield and sword of battle.Selah
There He broke the fiery arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah.
There he shattered the arrows, shields, swords, and other weapons of war. Selah
There he broke the flaming arrows of the bow, The shield, and the sword, and the weapons of war. Selah.
There brake he the arrowes of the bowe, the shield, and the sword, and the battell. Selah.
There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah.
There breaketh he the arowes of the bowe, ye shylde, the swerde & the whole battayll.
There He broke the flaming arrows, The shield, the sword, and the weapons of war. Selah.
There he brake the arrows of the bow; The shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah
There were the arrows of the bow broken, there he put an end to body-cover, sword, and fight. (Selah.)
There he broke the arrows of the bow; The shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah.
There he broke the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah.
There he shattered the arrows, the shield, the sword, and the rest of the weapons of war. (Selah)
There you destroyed fiery arrows, shields, swords, and all the other weapons.
His tent is in Shalem, his place is in Tziyon.
There brake he the arrowes of the bowe, the shielde and the sword and the battell. Selah.
There broke he the arms of the bow, the shield, and the sword, in the battle.
There he broke the flaming arrows of the bow, The shield, and the sword, and the weapons of war. Selah.
In Salem also is set His tabernacle, and His dwelling-place in Zion.
There He broke the burning arrows, the iron covering and the sword, and all the things used for fighting in war.
There he broke the power of the bows, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Pause.
There he brake the arrows of the bow; the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah
There He shattered the flaming arrows, the shield and sword and weapons of war. Selah
There he broke the flashing arrows, the shield, the sword, and the weapons of war. Selah
There, hath he broken in pieces the arrows of the bow, shield and sword, and battle. Selah.
(75-4) There hath he broken the powers of bows, the shield, the sword, and the battle.
There he broke the flames of the bow, the shield and sword and battle. Selah
There he broke the flashing arrows, the shield, the sword, and the weapons of war. Selah
There He broke the flaming arrows, The shield, the sword, and the weapons of war. Selah
There God broke the flaming arrows, the shields, the swords, and the weapons of war. Selah
There he broke the arrows of the enemy, their shields and swords, yes, all their weapons.
There He shatters the bow's flaming arrows, the shield, the sword, and the weapons of war.
Ther he brak poweris; bowe, scheeld, swerd, and batel.
There he hath shivered arrows of a bow, Shield, and sword, and battle. Selah.
There he broke the flashing arrows, the shield, the sword, and the weapons of war. [Selah]
Contextual Overview
For the choir director: A psalm of Asaph. A song to be accompanied by stringed instruments.
God is honored in Judah; his name is great in Israel. 2 Jerusalem is where he lives; Mount Zion is his home. 3 There he has broken the fiery arrows of the enemy, the shields and swords and weapons of war. Interlude 4 You are glorious and more majestic than the everlasting mountains. 5 Our boldest enemies have been plundered. They lie before us in the sleep of death. No warrior could lift a hand against us. 6 At the blast of your breath, O God of Jacob, their horses and chariots lay still.Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
There: Psalms 46:9, 2 Chronicles 14:12, 2 Chronicles 14:13, 2 Chronicles 20:25, 2 Chronicles 32:21, Isaiah 37:35, Isaiah 37:36, Ezekiel 39:3, Ezekiel 39:4, Ezekiel 39:9, Ezekiel 39:10
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 2:4 - The bows Psalms 37:15 - bows Psalms 65:5 - terrible Jeremiah 51:56 - every
Gill's Notes on the Bible
There brake he the arrows of the bow.... The Targum is,
"there brake he the arrows and the bows of the people that make war;''
the word רשפי, translated "arrows", signifies "sparks or coals of fire"; see Job 5:7 and is used of arrows, because they fly swiftly, as sparks do, or because of their brightness, or because fiery; so we read of "the fiery darts of Satan", Ephesians 6:16, and perhaps they may be meant here: when Christ our Lord suffered near Jerusalem, he spoiled principalities and powers, and broke their strength and might, and made peace by the blood of his cross, in which he triumphed over them; for the destroying of these instruments of war with what follow:
the shield, and the sword, and the battle, is expressive of making wars to cease, and causing peace; and may include the peace which was all the world over at the birth of Christ, and was foretold and expressed in much such language as here, Zechariah 9:9, and also that which was made by his sufferings and death, and which was published in his Gospel by his apostles, whom he sent forth unarmed, whose weapons were not carnal, but spiritual; and likewise the spiritual peace he gives to his people, quenching the fiery darts of Satan, and delivering them from the archers that shoot at them, and sorely grieve them; as well as that peace which shall be in the world and churches in the latter day; see
Psalms 46:11,
Selah. Psalms 46:11- :.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
There brake he the arrows of the bow - That is, in Salem, or near Salem. The language is such as would be used in reference to invaders, or to armies that came up to storm the city. The occasion is unknown; but the meaning is, that God drove the invading army back, and showed his power in defending the city. The phrase “the arrows of the bow,” is literally, “the lightnings of the bow,” the word rendered “arrows” meaning properly “flame;” and then, “lightning.” The idea is, that the arrows sped from the bow with the rapidity of lightning.
The shield - Used for defense in war. See Psalms 5:12; Psalms 33:20; compare the notes at Ephesians 6:16.
And the sword - That is, he disarmed his enemies, or made them as powerless as if their swords were broken.
And the battle - He broke the force of the battle; the strength of the armies drawn up for conflict.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 76:3. There brake he the arrows of the bow — רשפי rishphey, the fiery arrows. Arrows, round the heads of which inflammable matter was rolled, and then ignited, were used by the ancients, and shot into towns to set them on fire; and were discharged among the towers and wooden works of besiegers. The Romans called them phalaricae; and we find them mentioned by Virgil, AEn. lib. ix., ver. 705: -
Sed magnum stridens contorta phalarica venit,
Fulminis acta modo.
On this passage Servius describes the phalarica as a dart or spear with a spherical leaden head to which fire was attached. Thrown by a strong hand, it killed those whom it hit, and set fire to buildings, &c. It was called phalarica from the towers called phalae from which it was generally projected. In allusion to these St. Paul speaks of the fiery darts of the devil, Ephesians 6:16, to the note on which the reader is requested to refer.
The shield and the sword — If this refers to the destruction of Sennacherib's army, it may be truly said that God rendered useless all their warlike instruments, his angel having destroyed 185,000 of them in one night.
