35He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
A Psalm of David. Blessed be the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:
He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and setteth me upon my high places. …
He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.
And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years: …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 2-51)Let us observe, in this song of praise, I. How David adores God, and gives him the glory of his infinite perfections. There is none like him, nor any to be compared with him (2 Sam. 22:32): Who is God, save the Lord ? All others that are adored as deities are counterfeits and pretenders. None is to be relied on but he. Who is a rock, save our God ? They are dead, but the Lord liveth , 2 Sam. 22:47…
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