Let us break their bonds asunder, And cast away their cords from us.

Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.

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

Because they regard not the works of Jehovah, Nor the operation of his hands, He will break them down and not build them up.

Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: Break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Jehovah.

He will judge the poor of the people, He will save the children of the needy, And will break in pieces the oppressor.

And now all the carved work thereof They break down with hatchet and hammers.

There he brake the arrows of the bow; The shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah

If they break my statutes, And keep not my commandments;

My covenant will I not break, Nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.

They break in pieces thy people, O Jehovah, And afflict thy heritage.

Make a joyful noise unto Jehovah, all the earth: Break forth and sing for joy, yea, sing praises.

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

He smote their vines also and their fig-trees, And brake the trees of their borders.

Therefore he said that he would destroy them, Had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, To turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them .

Thus they provoked him to anger with their doings; And the plague brake in upon them.

He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, And brake their bonds in sunder.

He will drink of the brook in the way: Therefore will he lift up the head.