(A)The bows of the mighty are broken,
    but the feeble bind on strength.

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“The bows of the warriors are broken,(A)
    but those who stumbled are armed with strength.(B)

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There he (A)broke the flashing arrows,
    the shield, the sword, and the weapons of war. Selah

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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.

15 their sword shall enter their own heart,
    and their (A)bows shall be broken.

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15 But their swords will pierce their own hearts,(A)
    and their bows will be broken.(B)

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13 I can do all things (A)through him who strengthens me.

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13 I can do all this through him who gives me strength.(A)

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(A)He makes wars cease to the end of the earth;
    he (B)breaks the bow and shatters the spear;
    (C)he burns the chariots with fire.

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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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  1. Psalm 46:9 Or chariots

34 (A)quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, were made strong out of weakness, (B)became mighty in war, (C)put foreign armies to flight.

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34 quenched the fury of the flames,(A) and escaped the edge of the sword;(B) whose weakness was turned to strength;(C) and who became powerful in battle and routed foreign armies.(D)

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But he said to me, (A)“My grace is sufficient for you, for (B)my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that (C)the power of Christ may rest upon me.

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But he said to me, “My grace(A) is sufficient for you, for my power(B) is made perfect in weakness.(C)(D) Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.

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17 For (A)the arms of the wicked shall be broken,
    but the Lord (B)upholds the righteous.

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17 for the power of the wicked will be broken,(A)
    but the Lord upholds(B) the righteous.

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persecuted, but (A)not forsaken; (B)struck down, but not destroyed; 10 (C)always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, (D)so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies.

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persecuted,(A) but not abandoned;(B) struck down, but not destroyed.(C) 10 We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus,(D) so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.(E)

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10 (A)For even if you should defeat the whole army of Chaldeans who are fighting against you, and there remained of them only wounded men, every man in his tent, they would rise up and (B)burn this city with fire.’”

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10 Even if you were to defeat the entire Babylonian[a] army that is attacking you and only wounded men were left in their tents, they would come out and burn(A) this city down.”

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  1. Jeremiah 37:10 Or Chaldean; also in verse 11

Nothing remains but to crouch among the prisoners
    or fall among the slain.
(A)For all this his anger has not turned away,
    and his hand is stretched out still.

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Nothing will remain but to cringe among the captives(A)
    or fall among the slain.(B)

Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,(C)
    his hand is still upraised.

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14 Stand therefore, (A)having fastened on the belt of truth, and (B)having put on the breastplate of righteousness,

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14 Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist,(A) with the breastplate of righteousness in place,(B)

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