14 You pierced with his own arrows the heads of his warriors,
    who came like a whirlwind to scatter me,
    rejoicing as if to devour the poor in secret.

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14 With his own spear you pierced his head
    when his warriors stormed out to scatter us,(A)
gloating as though about to devour
    the wretched(B) who were in hiding.

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The Lord Will Save His People

14 Then the Lord will appear over them,
    and (A)his arrow will go forth like lightning;
(B)the Lord God will sound the trumpet
    and will march forth in (C)the whirlwinds (D)of the south.

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The Lord Will Appear

14 Then the Lord will appear over them;(A)
    his arrow will flash like lightning.(B)
The Sovereign Lord will sound the trumpet;(C)
    he will march in the storms(D) of the south,

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40 (A)“At the time of the end, the king of the south shall attack[a] him, but the king of the north shall rush upon him (B)like a whirlwind, with chariots and horsemen, and with many ships. And he shall come into countries and (C)shall overflow and pass through.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 11:40 Hebrew thrust at

40 “At the time of the end the king of the South(A) will engage him in battle, and the king of the North will storm(B) out against him with chariots and cavalry and a great fleet of ships. He will invade many countries and sweep through them like a flood.(C)

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He sits in ambush in the villages;
    in (A)hiding places he murders the innocent.
His eyes stealthily watch for the helpless;

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He lies in wait(A) near the villages;
    from ambush he murders the innocent.(B)
His eyes watch in secret for his victims;

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27 for truly in this city there were gathered together against your (A)holy servant Jesus, (B)whom you anointed, both (C)Herod and (D)Pontius Pilate, along (E)with the Gentiles and (F)the peoples of Israel, 28 (G)to do whatever your hand and (H)your plan had predestined to take place.

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27 Indeed Herod(A) and Pontius Pilate(B) met together with the Gentiles and the people of Israel in this city to conspire against your holy servant Jesus,(C) whom you anointed. 28 They did what your power and will had decided beforehand should happen.(D)

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10 (A)All nations surrounded me;
    in the name of the Lord I cut them off!
11 They surrounded me, surrounded me on every side;
    in the name of the Lord I cut them off!
12 (B)They surrounded me like bees;
    they went out like (C)a fire among thorns;
    in the name of the Lord I cut them off!

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10 All the nations surrounded me,
    but in the name of the Lord I cut them down.(A)
11 They surrounded me(B) on every side,(C)
    but in the name of the Lord I cut them down.
12 They swarmed around me like bees,(D)
    but they were consumed as quickly as burning thorns;(E)
    in the name of the Lord I cut them down.(F)

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(A)Asshur also has joined them;
    they are the strong arm of (B)the children of Lot. Selah

Do to them as you did to (C)Midian,
    as to (D)Sisera and Jabin at (E)the river Kishon,
10 who were destroyed at (F)En-dor,
    who became (G)dung for the ground.
11 Make their nobles like (H)Oreb and Zeeb,
    all their princes like (I)Zebah and Zalmunna,

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Even Assyria(A) has joined them
    to reinforce Lot’s descendants.[a](B)

Do to them as you did to Midian,(C)
    as you did to Sisera(D) and Jabin(E) at the river Kishon,(F)
10 who perished at Endor(G)
    and became like dung(H) on the ground.
11 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb,(I)
    all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,(J)

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  1. Psalm 83:8 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.

For behold, your enemies (A)make an uproar;
    those who hate you have (B)raised their heads.

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See how your enemies growl,(A)
    how your foes rear their heads.(B)

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50 He made a path for his anger;
    he did not spare them from death,
    but gave their lives over to the plague.
51 He struck down every (A)firstborn in Egypt,
    the firstfruits of their strength in the tents of (B)Ham.

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50 He prepared a path for his anger;
    he did not spare them from death
    but gave them over to the plague.
51 He struck down all the firstborn of Egypt,(A)
    the firstfruits of manhood in the tents of Ham.(B)

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Hide me from (A)the secret plots of the wicked,
    from the throng of evildoers,
who (B)whet their tongues like swords,
    who (C)aim bitter words like arrows,
shooting from (D)ambush at the blameless,
    shooting at him suddenly and (E)without fear.
They (F)hold fast to their evil purpose;
    they talk of (G)laying snares secretly,
thinking, (H)“Who can see them?”
    They search out injustice,
saying, “We have accomplished a diligent search.”
    For (I)the inward mind and heart of a man are deep.

(J)But God shoots his arrow at them;
    they are wounded suddenly.

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Hide me from the conspiracy(A) of the wicked,(B)
    from the plots of evildoers.
They sharpen their tongues like swords(C)
    and aim cruel words like deadly arrows.(D)
They shoot from ambush at the innocent;(E)
    they shoot suddenly, without fear.(F)

They encourage each other in evil plans,
    they talk about hiding their snares;(G)
    they say, “Who will see it[a]?”(H)
They plot injustice and say,
    “We have devised a perfect plan!”
    Surely the human mind and heart are cunning.

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

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 64:5 Or us

22 (A)When they blew the 300 trumpets, (B)the Lord set (C)every man's sword against his comrade and against all the army. And the army fled as far as Beth-shittah toward Zererah,[a] as far as the border of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath.

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  1. Judges 7:22 Some Hebrew manuscripts Zeredah

22 When the three hundred trumpets sounded,(A) the Lord caused the men throughout the camp to turn on each other(B) with their swords.(C) The army fled to Beth Shittah toward Zererah as far as the border of Abel Meholah(D) near Tabbath.

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The enemy said, (A)‘I will pursue, I will overtake,
    I (B)will divide the spoil, my desire shall have its fill of them.
    I will draw my sword; my hand shall destroy them.’
10 You (C)blew with your wind; the (D)sea covered them;
    they sank like lead in the mighty waters.

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The enemy boasted,
    ‘I will pursue,(A) I will overtake them.
I will divide the spoils;(B)
    I will gorge myself on them.
I will draw my sword
    and my hand will destroy them.’
10 But you blew with your breath,(C)
    and the sea covered them.
They sank like lead
    in the mighty waters.(D)

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17 And (A)I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they shall go in after them, and (B)I will get glory over Pharaoh and all his host, his chariots, and his horsemen. 18 And the Egyptians (C)shall know that I am the Lord, (D)when I have gotten glory over Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen.”

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17 I will harden the hearts(A) of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them.(B) And I will gain glory through Pharaoh and all his army, through his chariots and his horsemen. 18 The Egyptians will know that I am the Lord(C) when I gain glory through Pharaoh, his chariots and his horsemen.”

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