‘You shall break them with a rod of iron,
You shall shatter them like earthenware.’”

Break the arm of the wicked and the evildoer,
Seek out his wickedness until You find none.

With the east wind
You break the ships of Tarshish.

But God will break you down forever;
He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent,
And uproot you from the land of the living. Selah.

O God, shatter their teeth in their mouth;
Break out the fangs of the young lions, O Lord.

You divided the sea by Your strength;
You broke the heads of the sea monsters in the waters.

You broke open springs and torrents;
You dried up ever-flowing streams.

There He broke the flaming arrows,
The shield and the sword and the weapons of war. Selah.

“But I will not break off My lovingkindness from him,
Nor deal falsely in My faithfulness.

Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth;
Break forth and sing for joy and sing praises.

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

Therefore He said that He would destroy them,
Had not Moses His chosen one stood in the breach before Him,
To turn away His wrath from destroying them.

Thus they provoked Him to anger with their deeds,
And the plague broke out among them.

He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death
And broke their bands apart.

He will drink from the brook by the wayside;
Therefore He will lift up His head.