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On Salem[a] is God’s tent, his shelter on Zion.
    There the flashing arrows were shattered,
    shield, sword, and weapons of war.(A)
Selah

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Footnotes

  1. 76:3 Salem: an ancient name for Jerusalem, used here perhaps on account of its allusion to the Hebrew word for peace, shalom, cf. Gn 14:18; Hb 7:1–3.

There he broke the flashing arrows,(A)
    the shields and the swords, the weapons of war.[a](B)

You are radiant with light,(C)
    more majestic than mountains rich with game.

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  1. Psalm 76:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 9.