<A Psalm. Of David.> Praise be to the God of my strength, teaching my hands the use of the sword, and my fingers the art of fighting:
It is God who gives salvation to kings; and who kept his servant David from the wounding sword.
Let the high praises of God be in their mouths, and a two-edged sword in their hands;
Up! Lord, come out against him, make him low, with your sword be my saviour from the evil-doer.
Make my soul safe from the sword, my life from the power of the dog.
I will not put faith in my bow, my sword will not be my salvation.
Put on your sword, make it ready at your side, O strong chief, with your glory and power.
My soul is among lions; I am stretched out among those who are on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and whose tongue is a sharp sword.
They will be cut off by the sword; they will be food for foxes.
Who make their tongues sharp like a sword, and whose arrows are pointed, even bitter words;
If a man is not turned from his evil, he will make his sword sharp; his bow is bent and ready.
There were the arrows of the bow broken, there he put an end to body-cover, sword, and fight. (Selah.)
He gave his people up to the sword, and was angry with his heritage.
Their priests were put to death by the sword, and their widows made no weeping for them.
His sword is turned back; you have not been his support in the fight.
And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword: and his face was like the sun shining in its strength.
If any man sends others into prison, into prison he will go: if any man puts to death with the sword, with the sword will he be put to death. Here is the quiet strength and the faith of the saints.
And those who are on the earth are turned from the true way by him through the signs which he was given power to do before the beast; giving orders to those who are on the earth to make an image to the beast, who was wounded by the sword, and came to life.
And out of his mouth comes a sharp sword, with which he overcomes the nations: and he has rule over them with a rod of iron: and he is crushing with his feet the grapes of the strong wrath of God the Ruler of all.
And the rest were put to death with the sword of him who was on the horse, even the sword which came out of his mouth: and all the birds were made full with their flesh.
And to the angel of the church in Pergamos say: These things says he who has the sharp two-edged sword:
See, then, that you have a change of heart; or I will come to you quickly, and will make war against them with the sword of my mouth.
And another horse came out, a red horse; and it was given to him who was seated on it to take peace from the earth, so that people might put one another to death: and there was given to him a great sword.
And I saw a grey horse, and the name of him who was seated on it was Death; and Hell came after him. And there was given to them authority over the fourth part of the earth, to put to destruction by the sword, and by taking away their food, and by death, and by the beasts of the earth.
For he is the servant of God to you for good. But if you do evil, have fear; for the sword is not in his hand for nothing: he is God's servant, making God's punishment come on the evil-doer.
Who will come between us and the love of Christ? Will trouble, or pain, or cruel acts, or the need of food or of clothing, or danger, or the sword?
All of them armed with swords, trained in war; every man has his sword at his side, because of fear in the night.
Come back, come back, O Shulammite; come back, come back, so that our eyes may see you. What will you see in the Shulammite? A sword-dance.
A curse on the foolish keeper who goes away from the flock! the sword will be on his arm and on his right eye: his arm will become quite dry and his eye will be made completely dark.
And if anyone goes on acting as a prophet, then his father and his mother who gave him life will say to him, You may not go on living, for you are saying what is false in the name of the Lord; and his father and his mother will put a sword through him when he does so.
Awake! O sword, against the keeper of my flock, and against him who is with me, says the Lord of armies: put to death the keeper of the sheep, and the sheep will go in flight: and my hand will be turned against the little ones.
For I have made Judah a bow bent for my use, I have made Ephraim the arrows of the bow; I will make your sons, O Zion, take up arms against your sons, O Greece, and will make you like the sword of a man of war.
And you Ethiopians will be put to death by my sword.
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