Psalms 21:12
Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, [when] thou shalt make ready [thine arrows] upon thy strings against the face of them.
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Referenced Verses
- Ps 7:12-13 : 12 If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready. 13 He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
- Ps 18:40 : 40 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.
- Ps 44:10 : 10 Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.
- Ps 56:9 : 9 When I cry [unto thee], then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God [is] for me.
- Ps 64:7 : 7 ¶ But God shall shoot at them [with] an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.
- Lam 3:12 : 12 He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
- Ps 9:3 : 3 When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.
- Ps 18:14 : 14 Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.
- Job 7:20 : 20 I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?
- Job 16:12-13 : 12 I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken [me] by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark. 13 His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.
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11 For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, [which] they are not able [to perform].
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2 For, lo, the wicked bend [their] bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.
- Ps 64:7-82 verses77%
7 ¶ But God shall shoot at them [with] an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.
8 So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.
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7 Let them melt away as waters [which] run continually: [when] he bendeth [his bow to shoot] his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.
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10 Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.
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40 For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.
41 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.
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5 Thine arrows [are] sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; [whereby] the people fall under thee.
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12 He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
13 He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.
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40 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.
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13 Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: [so] will we sing and praise thy power.
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3 When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.
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6 Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.
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3 And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
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12 If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
13 He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
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17 I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.
- Ps 64:3-42 verses73%
3 Who whet their tongue like a sword, [and] bend [their bows to shoot] their arrows, [even] bitter words:
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14 The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, [and] to slay such as be of upright conversation.
15 Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.
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28 The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.
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27 I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.
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17 And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.
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40 They shall also bring up a company against thee, and they shall stone thee with stones, and thrust thee through with their swords.
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9 ¶ The children of Ephraim, [being] armed, [and] carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.
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57 But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
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3 How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall [shall ye be, and as] a tottering fence.
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10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway.
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25 The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.
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7 The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways.
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14 Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.
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22 Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.
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23 I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them.
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3 Against [him that] bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against [him that] lifteth himself up in his brigandine: and spare ye not her young men; destroy ye utterly all her host.
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43 Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.
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4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
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7 So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high.
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11 The sun [and] moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, [and] at the shining of thy glittering spear.
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7 And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.
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15 For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.
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16 Go thee one way or other, [either] on the right hand, [or] on the left, whithersoever thy face [is] set.
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20 And I will shoot three arrows on the side [thereof], as though I shot at a mark.
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14 Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against the LORD.