(A)Flash forth the lightning and scatter them;
    (B)send out your arrows and rout them!

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Send forth lightning(A) and scatter(B) the enemy;
    shoot your arrows(C) and rout them.

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23 “‘And I will heap disasters upon them;
    (A)I will spend my arrows on them;

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13 The Lord also (A)thundered in the heavens,
    and the Most High uttered his (B)voice,
    hailstones and coals of fire.
14 And he sent out his (C)arrows and scattered them;
    he flashed forth lightnings and (D)routed them.

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13 The Lord thundered(A) from heaven;
    the voice of the Most High resounded.[a]
14 He shot his arrows(B) and scattered the enemy,
    with great bolts of lightning(C) he routed them.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 18:13 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint (see also 2 Samuel 22:14); most Hebrew manuscripts resounded, / amid hailstones and bolts of lightning

42 I will make my arrows drunk with blood,
    and (A)my sword shall devour flesh—
with the blood of the slain and the captives,
    from the (B)long-haired heads of the enemy.’

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42 I will make my arrows drunk with blood,(A)
    while my sword devours flesh:(B)
the blood of the slain and the captives,
    the heads of the enemy leaders.”

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17 The clouds poured out water;
    the skies (A)gave forth thunder;
    your (B)arrows flashed on every side.
18 (C)The crash of your thunder was in the whirlwind;
    (D)your lightnings lighted up the world;
    the earth (E)trembled and shook.

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17 The clouds poured down water,(A)
    the heavens resounded with thunder;(B)
    your arrows(C) flashed back and forth.
18 Your thunder was heard in the whirlwind,(D)
    your lightning(E) lit up the world;
    the earth trembled and quaked.(F)

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Your arrows are sharp
    in the heart of the king's enemies;
    the peoples fall under you.

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Let your sharp arrows(A) pierce the hearts(B) of the king’s enemies;(C)
    let the nations fall beneath your feet.

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12 For you will put them (A)to flight;
    you will (B)aim at their faces with your bows.

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12 You will make them turn their backs(A)
    when you aim at them with drawn bow.

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12 If a man[a] does not repent, God[b] will (A)whet his sword;
    he has (B)bent and (C)readied his bow;
13 he has prepared for him his deadly weapons,
    making his (D)arrows (E)fiery shafts.

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  1. Psalm 7:12 Hebrew he
  2. Psalm 7:12 Hebrew he

12 If he does not relent,(A)
    he[a] will sharpen his sword;(B)
    he will bend and string his bow.(C)
13 He has prepared his deadly weapons;
    he makes ready his flaming arrows.(D)

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  1. Psalm 7:12 Or If anyone does not repent, / God

12 He made (A)darkness around him (B)his canopy,
    thick clouds, a gathering of water.
13 Out of the brightness before him
    (C)coals of fire flamed forth.
14 (D)The Lord thundered from heaven,
    and the Most High uttered his voice.
15 And he sent out (E)arrows and scattered them;
    lightning, and routed them.

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12 He made darkness(A) his canopy around him—
    the dark[a] rain clouds of the sky.
13 Out of the brightness of his presence
    bolts of lightning(B) blazed forth.
14 The Lord thundered(C) from heaven;
    the voice of the Most High resounded.
15 He shot his arrows(D) and scattered the enemy,
    with great bolts of lightning he routed them.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 22:12 Septuagint (see also Psalm 18:11); Hebrew massed