Psalm 7:13
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
13 If one does not repent,
God sharpens his sword,
strings and readies the bow,(A)
Psalm 37:14
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Heth
14 The wicked unsheath their swords;
they string their bows
To fell the poor and oppressed,
to slaughter those whose way is upright.(A)
Psalm 57:5
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
5 I must lie down in the midst of lions
hungry for human prey.(A)
Their teeth are spears and arrows;
their tongue, a sharpened sword.(B)
Psalm 64:4
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
4 They sharpen their tongues like swords,
bend their bows of poison words.(A)
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