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Psalm 76

Psa. 76:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thereq brake
shabar (Hebrew #7665)
to burst (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: break (down, off, in pieces, up), broken((-hearted)), bring to the birth, crush, destroy, hurt, quench, X quite, tear, view (by mistake for 7663).
Pronounce: shaw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
he the arrows
resheph (Hebrew #7565)
a live coal; by analogy lightning; figuratively, an arrow, (as flashing through the air); specifically, fever
KJV usage: arrow, (burning) coal, burning heat, + spark, hot thunderbolt.
Pronounce: reh'-shef
Origin: from 8313
of the bow
qesheth (Hebrew #7198)
from 7185 in the original sense (of 6983) of bending: a bow, for shooting (hence, figuratively, strength) or the iris
KJV usage: X arch(-er), + arrow, bow((-man, -shot)).
Pronounce: keh'-sheth
, the shield
magen (Hebrew #4043)
from 1598; a shield (i.e. the small one or buckler); figuratively, a protector; also the scaly hide of the crocodile
KJV usage: X armed, buckler, defence, ruler, + scale, shield.
Pronounce: maw-gane'
Origin: also (in plural) feminine mginnah {meg-in-naw'}
, and the sword
chereb (Hebrew #2719)
drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
KJV usage: axe, dagger, knife, mattock, sword, tool.
Pronounce: kheh'-reb
Origin: from 2717
, and the battle
milchamah (Hebrew #4421)
a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare)
KJV usage: battle, fight(-ing), war((-rior)).
Pronounce: mil-khaw-maw'
Origin: from 3898 (in the sense of fighting)
. Selah
celah (Hebrew #5542)
suspension (of music), i.e. pause
KJV usage: Selah.
Pronounce: seh'-law
Origin: from 5541
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Isa. 37:35‑36• 35And I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
 36And an angel of Jehovah went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand. And when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead bodies. (Isa. 37:35‑36)

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Arrows,
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Selah,
Shield,
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Ministry on This Verse

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Psa. 46:9• 9He hath made wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariots in the fire. (Psa. 46:9)
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2 Chron. 14:12‑13• 12And Jehovah smote the Ethiopians before Asa and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled.
 13And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them to Gerar; and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that none of them was left alive; for they were crushed before Jehovah and before his army. And they carried away very much spoil. (2 Chron. 14:12‑13)
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2 Chron. 20:25• 25And Jehoshaphat and his people came to plunder the spoil of them, and they found among them in abundance, both riches with the dead bodies, and precious things, and they stripped off for themselves more than they could carry away; and they were three days in plundering the spoil, it was so much. (2 Chron. 20:25)
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2 Chron. 32:21• 21And Jehovah sent an angel, who cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the princes and the captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. And 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 made him fall there with the sword. (2 Chron. 32:21)
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Isa. 37:35‑36• 35And I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
 36And an angel of Jehovah went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand. And when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead bodies. (Isa. 37:35‑36)
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Ezek. 39:3‑4,9‑10• 3And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
 4Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the peoples that are with thee: I have given thee to be meat for the birds of prey of every wing, and to the beasts of the field.
 9And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall kindle fire, and burn weapons, and shields, and targets, bows, and arrows, and hand-staves, and spears: and they shall make fires with them seven years.
 10And no wood shall be taken out of the field, neither cut down out of the forests; for they shall make fire with the weapons; and they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and plunder those that plundered them, saith the Lord Jehovah. (Ezek. 39:3‑4,9‑10)
• The peace in which God will dwell will be the outcome of the righteousness of God that deals in judgment with His enemies. (“Psalms 76” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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There broke he the flashings of the bow, shield and sword and battle. Selah.