13 He also prepares for Himself instruments of death;
He makes His arrows into fiery shafts.

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13 He has prepared his deadly weapons;
    he makes ready his flaming arrows.(A)

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(A)since it is a righteous thing with God to repay with [a]tribulation those who trouble you,

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  1. 2 Thessalonians 1:6 affliction

God is just:(A) He will pay back trouble to those who trouble you(B)

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13 You went forth for the salvation of Your people,
For salvation with Your Anointed.
You struck the head from the house of the wicked,
By laying bare from foundation to neck. Selah

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13 You came out(A) to deliver(B) your people,
    to save your anointed(C) one.
You crushed(D) the leader of the land of wickedness,
    you stripped him from head to foot.

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But God shall shoot at them with an arrow;
Suddenly they shall be wounded.

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

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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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14 (A)He sent out His arrows and scattered [a]the foe,
Lightnings in abundance, and He vanquished them.

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  1. Psalm 18:14 Lit. them

14 He shot his arrows(A) and scattered the enemy,
    with great bolts of lightning(B) he routed them.(C)

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For (A)they have shed the blood (B)of saints and prophets,
(C)And You have given them blood to drink.
[a]For it is their just due.”

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  1. Revelation 16:6 NU, M omit For

for they have shed the blood of your holy people and your prophets,(A)
    and you have given them blood to drink(B) as they deserve.”

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10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, (A)“How long, O Lord, (B)holy and true, (C)until You judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?”

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10 They called out in a loud voice, “How long,(A) Sovereign Lord,(B) holy and true,(C) until you judge the inhabitants of the earth(D) and avenge our blood?”(E)

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11 The (A)sun and moon stood still in their habitation;
At the light of Your arrows they went,
At the shining of Your glittering spear.

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11 Sun and moon stood still(A) in the heavens
    at the glint of your flying arrows,(B)
    at the lightning(C) of your flashing spear.

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12 He has bent His bow
And (A)set me up as a target for the arrow.

13 He has caused (B)the [a]arrows of His quiver
To pierce my [b]loins.

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  1. Lamentations 3:13 Lit. sons of
  2. Lamentations 3:13 Lit. kidneys

12 He drew his bow(A)
    and made me the target(B) for his arrows.(C)

13 He pierced(D) my heart
    with arrows from his quiver.(E)

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(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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Who sharpen their tongue like a sword,
(A)And bend their bows to shoot their arrows—bitter words,

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They sharpen their tongues like swords(A)
    and aim cruel words like deadly arrows.(B)

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For look! (A)The wicked bend their bow,
They make ready their arrow on the string,
That they may shoot [a]secretly at the upright in heart.

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  1. Psalm 11:2 Lit. in darkness

For look, the wicked bend their bows;(A)
    they set their arrows(B) against the strings
to shoot from the shadows(C)
    at the upright in heart.(D)

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