He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
You have given me the shield of your salvation, and your help has made me great.
Blessed be the Lord, my rock, who trains my hands for war and my fingers for battle,
He makes wars cease to the end of the earth; he breaks the bow and shatters the spear; he burns the shields with fire.
and a spirit of justice to the one who sits in judgment and strength to those who turn back the battle at the gate.
Thus says the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him and to strip kings of their robes, to open doors before him— and the gates shall not be closed:
Thus says the Lord of hosts: I am going to break the bow of Elam, the mainstay of their might,
On that day I will break the bow of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel.”
God, the Lord, is my strength; he makes my feet like the feet of a deer and makes me tread upon the heights. To the leader: with stringed instruments.