For look, the wicked bend their bows; they set their arrows against the strings to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.

He shot his arrows and scattered the enemy, with great bolts of lightning he routed them.

Your arrows have pierced me, and your hand has come down on me.

Let your sharp arrows pierce the hearts of the king’s enemies; let the nations fall beneath your feet.

I am in the midst of lions; I am forced to dwell among ravenous beasts— men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.

Let them vanish like water that flows away; when they draw the bow, let their arrows fall short.

They sharpen their tongues like swords and aim cruel words like deadly arrows.

But God will shoot them with his arrows; they will suddenly be struck down.

There he broke the flashing arrows, the shields and the swords, the weapons of war.

The clouds poured down water, the heavens resounded with thunder; your arrows flashed back and forth.

You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day,

He will punish you with a warrior’s sharp arrows, with burning coals of the broom bush.

Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are children born in one’s youth.

Send forth lightning and scatter the enemy; shoot your arrows and rout them.

till an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare, little knowing it will cost him his life.

Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow is one who gives false testimony against a neighbor.

Like a maniac shooting flaming arrows of death

Their arrows are sharp, all their bows are strung; their horses’ hooves seem like flint, their chariot wheels like a whirlwind.

Hunters will go there with bow and arrow, for the land will be covered with briers and thorns.

“Therefore this is what the Lord says concerning the king of Assyria: “He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow here. He will not come before it with shield or build a siege ramp against it.

He made my mouth like a sharpened sword, in the shadow of his hand he hid me; he made me into a polished arrow and concealed me in his quiver.

Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaks deceitfully. With their mouths they all speak cordially to their neighbors, but in their hearts they set traps for them.

For I will stir up and bring against Babylon an alliance of great nations from the land of the north. They will take up their positions against her, and from the north she will be captured. Their arrows will be like skilled warriors who do not return empty-handed.

“Take up your positions around Babylon, all you who draw the bow. Shoot at her! Spare no arrows, for she has sinned against the Lord.

“Sharpen the arrows, take up the shields! The Lord has stirred up the kings of the Medes, because his purpose is to destroy Babylon. The Lord will take vengeance, vengeance for his temple.