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III

Come and see the works of the Lord,
    who has done fearsome deeds on earth;(A)

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He makes wars(A) cease
    to the ends of the earth.
He breaks the bow(B) and shatters the spear;
    he burns the shields[a] with fire.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 46:9 Or chariots

On Salem[a] is God’s tent, his shelter on Zion.

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Footnotes

  1. 76:3 Salem: an ancient name for Jerusalem, used here perhaps on account of its allusion to the Hebrew word for peace, shalom, cf. Gn 14:18; Hb 7:1–3.

There he broke the flashing arrows,(A)
    the shields and the swords, the weapons of war.[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 76:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 9.