If he does not repent, he will sharpen his sword. He has bent his bow and he has {strung} it.

[He] trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

[The] wicked have drawn [the] sword and have bent their bow to throw down [the] poor and [the] needy, to kill [those] upright in [their] way.

I am bowed down; I am bent over greatly. All the day I go about mourning.

who sharpen their tongue like a sword. They bend [their bow to shoot] their arrows--bitter words,

When they become few and they are bent down from [the] oppression of calamity and grief,