or a man who has had a broken leg or arm,

The Lord has broken the club of the wicked, the scepter of rulers.

ב (Bet) He has made my mortal skin waste away; he has broken my bones.

fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth – just as he inflicts an injury on another person that same injury must be inflicted on him.

I see one destruction after another taking place, so that the whole land lies in ruins. I see our tents suddenly destroyed, their curtains torn down in a mere instant.

Caleb’s concubine Maacah bore Sheber and Tirhanah.

Break the arm of the wicked and evil man! Hold him accountable for his wicked deeds, which he thought you would not discover.

He called down a famine upon the earth; he cut off all the food supply.

For he shattered the bronze gates, and hacked through the iron bars.

Speech that heals is like a life-giving tree, but a perverse tongue breaks the spirit.

Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

The one who loves a quarrel loves transgression; whoever builds his gate high seeks destruction.

Before destruction the heart of a person is proud, but humility comes before honor.

My heart is crushed because my dear people are being crushed. I go about crying and grieving. I am overwhelmed with dismay.

Streams of tears flow from my eyes because my people are destroyed.

When Jacob heard there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why are you looking at each other?”

The Lord’s shout breaks the cedars, the Lord shatters the cedars of Lebanon.

There he shattered the arrows, the shield, the sword, and the rest of the weapons of war. (Selah)

They offer only superficial help for the harm my people have suffered. They say, ‘Everything will be all right!’ But everything is not all right!

They offer only superficial help for the hurt my dear people have suffered. They say, “Everything will be all right!” But everything is not all right!