If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.

Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.

Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.

For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.

For the arrows of the Almighty {are} within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.

And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him, and he was wounded of the archers. {and the archers: Heb. and the shooters with bows} {hit: Heb. found}

I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; {and that} with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.

How are they {brought} into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.

I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them.

He, that being often reproved hardeneth {his} neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy. {He...: Heb. A man of reproofs}

Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant.

Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

And a {certain} man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am wounded. {at a...: Heb. in his simplicity} {joints...: Heb. joints and the breastplate} {wounded: Heb. made sick}

The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for {him}, and in an hour that he is not aware of,

He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.

That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.

Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.

Let death seize upon them, {and} let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness {is} in their dwellings, {and} among them. {hell: or, the grave}

Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape. {escape: Heb. pass over}

Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.

He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.

Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, {when} thou shalt make ready {thine arrows} upon thy strings against the face of them. {shalt thou...: or, thou shalt set them as a butt} {back: Heb. shoulder}

When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.

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.

{For} the sin of their mouth {and} the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying {which} they speak.

That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.

For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.

There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and shall not be able to rise.

Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall. {at...: Heb. which he knoweth not of}

God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of {thy} dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah. {destroy...: Heb. beat thee down}