For he hath broken the gates of brass, and smitten the bars of iron in sunder.

I am become like a pelican in the wilderness, and like an owl in a broken wall.

Our soul is escaped, even as a bird out of the snare of the fowler; the snare is broken and we are delivered.

Behold, O LORD, how that I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thy handmaid. Thou hast broken my bonds in sunder.

He hath made them fast for ever and ever; he hath given them a law which shall not be broken.

Thou hast broken the covenant of thy servant, and cast his crown to the ground.

Thou hast overthrown all his hedges, and broken down his strongholds.

But turned their backs, and fell away like their forefathers, starting aside like a broken bow.

Why hast thou then broken down her hedge, that all they which go by, pluck off her grapes?