Add parallel Print Page Options

And the Lord said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, for tomorrow at this time I will hand over all of them, slain, to Israel; you shall hamstring their horses and burn their chariots with fire.”(A)

Read full chapter

David took from him one thousand seven hundred horsemen and twenty thousand foot soldiers. David hamstrung all the chariot horses but left enough for a hundred chariots.(A)

Read full chapter

The Lord said to Joshua, “Do not fear them, for I have handed them over to you; not one of them shall stand before you.”(A)

Read full chapter

They said to the messengers who had come, “Thus shall you say to the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead: Tomorrow, by the time the sun is hot, you shall have deliverance.” When the messengers came and told the inhabitants of Jabesh, they rejoiced.

Read full chapter

28 and Phinehas son of Eleazar, son of Aaron, ministered before it in those days), saying, “Shall we go out once more to battle against our kinsfolk the Benjaminites, or shall we desist?” The Lord answered, “Go up, for tomorrow I will give them into your hand.”(A)

Read full chapter

And Joshua did to them as the Lord had commanded him; he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots with fire.(A)

Read full chapter

Assyria shall not save us;
    we will not ride upon horses;
we will say no more, ‘Our God,’
    to the work of our hands.
In you the orphan finds mercy.”(A)

Read full chapter

Alliance with Egypt Is Futile

31 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help
    and who rely on horses,
who trust in chariots because they are many
    and in horsemen because they are very strong,
but do not look to the Holy One of Israel
    or consult the Lord!(A)

Read full chapter

16 and said,
‘No! We will flee upon horses’—
    therefore you shall flee!
and, ‘We will ride upon swift steeds’—
    therefore your pursuers shall be swift!(A)

Read full chapter

The righteous walk in integrity—
    happy are the children who follow them!(A)

Read full chapter

10 His delight is not in the strength of the horse
    nor his pleasure in the speed of a runner,[a](A)
11 but the Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him,
    in those who hope in his steadfast love.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 147.10 Heb legs of a person

11 The Lord of hosts is with us;
    the God of Jacob is our refuge.[a] Selah

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 46.11 Or fortress

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

Read full chapter

Psalm 27

Triumphant Song of Confidence

Of David.

The Lord is my light and my salvation;
    whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold[a] of my life;
    of whom shall I be afraid?(A)

When evildoers assail me
    to devour my flesh—
my adversaries and foes—
    they shall stumble and fall.(B)

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 27.1 Or refuge

Some take pride in chariots and some in horses,
    but our pride is in the name of the Lord our God.(A)
They will collapse and fall,
    but we shall rise and stand upright.(B)

Read full chapter

16 Tomorrow go down against them; they will come up by the ascent of Ziz; you will find them at the end of the valley, before the wilderness of Jeruel.

Read full chapter

Then Joshua said to the people, “Sanctify yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you.”(A)

Read full chapter

16 You shall devour all the peoples that the Lord your God is giving over to you, showing them no pity; you shall not serve their gods, for that would be a snare to you.(A)

Read full chapter