Mazmur 76:2-3

76:2 He lives in Salem; ¹ 

he dwells in Zion. ² 

76:3 There he shattered the arrows, ³ 

the shield, the sword, and the rest of the weapons of war. ⁴  (Selah)

[76:2]  ¹ sn Salem is a shorter name for Jerusalem (see Gen 14:18).

[76:2]  ² tn Heb “and his place of refuge is in Salem, and his lair in Zion.” God may be likened here to a lion (see v. 4).

[76:3]  ³ tn Heb “flames of the bow,” i.e., arrows.

[76:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “shield and sword and battle.” “Battle” probably here stands by metonymy for the weapons of war in general.

[76:3]  sn This verse may allude to the miraculous defeat of the Assyrians in 701 b.c. (see Isa 36-37).