By David. Blessed [is] Jehovah my rock, who is teaching My hands for war, my fingers for battle.

And Thou givest to me the shield of Thy salvation, And Thy lowliness maketh me great.

And for a spirit of judgment To him who is sitting in the judgment, And for might [to] those turning back the battle to the gate.

Thus said Jehovah, To His anointed, to Cyrus, Whose right hand I have laid hold on, To subdue nations before him, Yea, loins of kings I loose, To open before him two-leaved doors, Yea, gates are not shut:

Causing wars to cease, Unto the end of the earth, the bow he shivereth, And the spear He hath cut asunder, Chariots he doth burn with fire.

'Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Lo, I am breaking the bow of Elam, The beginning of their might.

and it hath come to pass in that day that I have broken the bow of Israel, in the valley of Jezreel.'