Let us break their bonds asunder, and cast away their cords from us!

Thou shalt break them with a sceptre of iron, as a potter's vessel thou shalt dash them in pieces.

Break thou the arm of the wicked, and as for the evil man, seek out his wickedness till thou find none.

Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, eating up my people as they eat bread? They call not upon Jehovah.

With profane jesters for bread, they have gnashed their teeth against me.

I have been young, and now am old, and I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed seeking bread:

Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I confided, who did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.

My tears have been my bread day and night, while they say unto me all the day, Where is thy God?

Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge, eating up my people as they eat bread? they call not upon God.

O God, break their teeth in their mouth; break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Jehovah.

How long will ye assail a man; will ye seek, all of you, to break him down as a bowing wall or a tottering fence?

He will do justice to the afflicted of the people; he will save the children of the needy, and will break in pieces the oppressor.

And now they break down its carved work altogether, with hatchets and hammers.

Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength; thou didst break the heads of the monsters on the waters:

Thou didst break in pieces the heads of leviathan, thou gavest him to be meat to those that people the desert.

Behold, he smote the rock, and waters gushed out, and streams overflowed; is he able to give bread also, or provide flesh for his people?

Man did eat the bread of the mighty; he sent them provision to the full.

Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in large measure:

Shout aloud unto Jehovah, all the earth; break forth and shout for joy, and sing psalms.

My heart is smitten and withered like grass; yea, I have forgotten to eat my bread.

For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,

He maketh the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man; bringing forth bread out of the earth,

And wine which gladdeneth the heart of man; making his face shine with oil; and with bread he strengtheneth man's heart.

And he called for a famine upon the land; he broke the whole staff of bread.

They asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

Let his sons be vagabonds and beg, and let them seek their bread far from their desolate places;

It is vain for you to rise up early, to lie down late, to eat the bread of sorrows: so to his beloved one he giveth sleep.

I will abundantly bless her provision; I will satisfy her needy ones with bread;

Who executeth judgment for the oppressed, who giveth bread to the hungry. Jehovah looseth the prisoners;