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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

He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.

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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.

There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah.

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