Who is this majestic king? The Lord who is strong and mighty! The Lord who is mighty in battle!

Look! It is Solomon’s portable couch! It is surrounded by sixty warriors, some of Israel’s mightiest warriors.

The bows of warriors are shattered, but those who stumble find their strength reinforced.

How the warriors have fallen! The weapons of war are destroyed!

But then the Lord awoke from his sleep; he was like a warrior in a drunken rage.

Here’s how! With the sharp arrows of warriors, with arrowheads forged over the hot coals.

Sons born during one’s youth are like arrows in a warrior’s hand.

All of its soldiers are strong and mighty. Their arrows will send you to your grave.

He was a mighty hunter before the Lord. (That is why it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Lord.”)

The nations will hear of your devastating defeat. your cries of distress will echo throughout the earth. In the panic of their flight one soldier will trip over another and both of them will fall down defeated.”

The beauty of Israel lies slain on your high places! How the mighty have fallen!

You prove to be loyal to one who is faithful; you prove to be trustworthy to one who is innocent.

Next in command was Eleazar son of Dodo the Ahohite. He was one of the three elite warriors.

He breaks through against me, time and time again; he rushes against me like a warrior.

Strap your sword to your thigh, O warrior! Appear in your majestic splendor!

His descendants will be powerful on the earth; the godly will be blessed.

Better to be slow to anger than to be a mighty warrior, and one who controls his temper is better than one who captures a city.

The wise person can scale the city of the mighty and bring down the stronghold in which they trust.

a lion, mightiest of the beasts, who does not retreat from anything;

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