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Psalms 18:34

Psalms 18:34 is verse 34 of Psalms chapter 18, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

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King James Version

He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.

World English Bible

He teaches my hands to war, so that my arms bend a bow of bronze.

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Psalms 18:32–36 · Berean Standard Bible

32 It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way clear.

33 He makes my feet like those of a deer and stations me upon the heights.

34 He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

35 You have given me Your shield of salvation; Your right hand upholds me, and Your gentleness exalts me.

36 You broaden the path beneath me so that my ankles do not give way.

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Psalms 144:1

Blessed be the LORD, my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.

2 Samuel 22:36

You have given me Your shield of salvation, and Your gentleness exalts me.

Isaiah 28:6

a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, and a strength to those who repel the onslaught at the gate.

Isaiah 45:1

This is what the LORD says to Cyrus His anointed, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him, to disarm kings, to open the doors before him, so that the gates will not be shut:

Psalms 46:9

He makes wars to cease throughout the earth; He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the shields in the fire.

Jeremiah 49:35

This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold, I will shatter Elam’s bow, the mainstay of their might.

Hosea 1:5

And on that day I will break the bow of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel.”

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