Psalm 18:34 {17:35}
Good News Translation
He trains me for battle, so that I can use the strongest bow.

New Revised Standard Version
He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

Contemporary English Version
You teach my hands to fight and my arms to use a bow of bronze.

New American Bible
Who trained my hands for war, my arms to string a bow of bronze.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Who teacheth my hands to war: and thou hast made my arms like a brazen bow.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Who teacheth my hands to war: and thou hast made my arms like a brazen bow.

teacheth

Psalm 144:1 Blessed be the Lord my God, who teacheth my hands to fight, and my fingers to war.

2 Samuel 22:36 Thou hast given me the shield of my salvation: and thy mildness hath multiplied me.

Isaiah 28:6 And a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and strength to them that return out of the battle to the gate.

Isaiah 45:1 Thus saith the Lord to my anointed Cyrus, whose right hand I have taken hold of, to subdue nations before his face, and to turn the backs of kings, and to open the doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut.

so that

Psalm 46:9 Making wars to cease even to the end of the earth. He shall destroy the bow, and break the weapons: and the shield he shall burn in the fire.

Jeremiah 49:35 Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Behold I will break the bow of Elam, and their chief strength.

Hosea 1:5 And in that day I will break in pieces the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezrahel.

Context
The LORD is My Rock
33Who hath made my feet like the feet of harts: and who setteth me upon high places. 34Who teacheth my hands to war: and thou hast made my arms like a brazen bow.35And thou hast given me the protection of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath held me up: And thy discipline hath corrected me unto the end: and thy discipline, the same shall teach me.…
Cross References
Genesis 49:24
His bow rested upon the strong, and the bands of his arms and his hands were loosed, by the hands of the mighty one of Jacob: thence he came forth a pastor, the stone of Israel.

2 Samuel 22:35
He teacheth my hands to war: and maketh my arms like a bow of brass.

Job 29:20
My glory shall always be renewed, and my bow in my hand shall be repaired.

Psalm 144:1
Blessed be the Lord my God, who teacheth my hands to fight, and my fingers to war.

Psalm 18:33
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