32 The verb forms in vv. 23–24 are used in a rhetorical manner, describing future events as if they had already taken place.
33 Heb “the arms of his hands.”
34 Heb “from there,” but the phrase should be revocalized and read “from [i.e., because of] the name of.”
35 Or “Stone.”

In other versions

The archers bitterly attacked him,

shot at him, and harassed him severely,

yet his bow remained unmoved;

his arms were made agile

by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob

(from there is the Shepherd, the Stone of Israel),

With bitterness archers attacked him;

they shot at him with hostility.

But his bow remained steady,

his strong arms stayed limber,

because of the hand of the Mighty One of Jacob,

because of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,

The archers attacked him,

shot at him, and were hostile toward him.

Yet his bow remained steady,

and his strong arms were made agile

by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob,

by the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,

Archers attacked him savagely;

they shot at him and harassed him.

But his bow remained taut,

and his arms were strengthened

by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob,

by the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel.

The archers fiercely attacked him.

They shot arrows at him and were hostile to him.

But his bow remained in a steady position;

his arms were made agile

by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob.

From there is the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel.

The archers have sorely grieved him,

And shot at him, and hated him:

But his bow abode in strength,

And the arms of his hands were made strong

By the hands of the mighty God of Jacob;

(From thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)

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