Psa 21:12
Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, {when} thou shalt make ready {thine arrows} upon thy strings against the face of them. {shalt thou...: or, thou shalt set them as a butt} {back: Heb. shoulder}
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If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.
He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
But God shall shoot at them {with} an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded. {shall they...: Heb. their wound shall be}
I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?
When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.
I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken {me} by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.
When I cry {unto thee}, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God {is} for me.
Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.
Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.
Thine arrows {are} sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; {whereby} the people fall under thee.
For, lo, the wicked bend {their} bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart. {privily: Heb. in darkness}
Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.
God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce {them} through with his arrows.
Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.
I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?
For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
For the arrows of the Almighty {are} within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I {am} against thee, O Zidon; and I will be glorified in the midst of thee: and they shall know that I {am} the LORD, when I shall have executed judgments in her, and shall be sanctified in her.
Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.