He drew ¹  his bow and made me ²  the target for his arrow.

I was in peace, and he has shattered me. ¹  He has seized me by the neck and crushed me. ²  He has made me his target;

I will shoot three arrows near it, as though I were shooting at a target.

If ¹  I have sinned – what have I done to you, ²  O watcher of men? ³  Why have you set me as your target? ⁴  Have I become a burden to you? ⁵ 

With his hands ¹  he covers ²  the lightning, and directs it against its target.

He had bronze shin guards ¹  on his legs, and a bronze javelin was slung over his shoulders.

Among this army ¹  were seven hundred specially-trained left-handed soldiers. ²  Each one could sling a stone and hit even the smallest target. ³ 

Scatter abroad ¹  the abundance ²  of your anger. Look at every proud man ³  and bring him low;

He drove his enemies back; he made them a permanent target for insults. ¹ 

צ (Tsade) You are just, O Lord, and your judgments are fair.

Look at every proud man and abase him; crush the wicked on the spot! ¹ 

King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; 600 measures ¹  of gold were used for each shield.

King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; 600 measures ¹  of hammered gold were used for each shield.

They turn to Baal; ¹  they are like an unreliable bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword because their prayers to Baal ²  have made me angry. So people will disdain them in the land of Egypt. ³ 

“Choose some people ¹  from among the exiles, namely, Heldai, Tobijah, and Jedaiah, all of whom have come from Babylon, and when you have done so go to the house of Josiah son of Zephaniah. ² 

David said on that day, “Whoever attacks the Jebusites must approach the ‘lame’ and the ‘blind’ who are David’s enemies ¹  by going through the water tunnel.” ²  For this reason it is said, “The blind and the lame cannot enter the palace.” ³