(A)Flash forth lightning and scatter them;
Shoot out Your arrows and destroy 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 ‘I will (A)heap disasters on them;
(B)I will spend My arrows on them.

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13 The Lord thundered from heaven,
And the Most High uttered (A)His voice,
[a]Hailstones and coals of fire.
14 (B)He sent out His arrows and scattered [b]the foe,
Lightnings in abundance, and He vanquished them.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 18:13 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; a few Heb. mss., LXX omit Hailstones and coals of fire
  2. Psalm 18:14 Lit. them

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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  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 My sword shall devour flesh,
With the blood of the slain and the captives,
From the heads of the leaders 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 sent out a sound;
Your arrows also flashed about.
18 The voice of Your thunder was in the whirlwind;
The lightnings lit up the world;
The earth 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 Therefore You will make them turn their back;
You will make ready Your arrows on Your string toward their faces.

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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 he does not turn back,
He will (A)sharpen His sword;
He bends His bow and makes it ready.
13 He also prepares for Himself instruments of death;
He makes His arrows into fiery shafts.

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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 canopies around Him,
Dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
13 From the brightness before Him
Coals of fire were kindled.

14 “The Lord (B)thundered from heaven,
And the Most High uttered His voice.
15 He sent out (C)arrows and scattered them;
Lightning bolts, and He vanquished 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