אַבִּיר

Then the hooves of horses thundered—the mad galloping of his stallions.

Now one of Saul’s servants was there that day, detained before the LORD. And his name was Doeg the Edomite, the chief shepherd for Saul.

Yet by His power, God drags away the mighty; though rising up, they have no assurance of life.

They die in an instant, in the middle of the night. The people convulse and pass away; the mighty are removed without human hand.

Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.

Do I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?

Rebuke the beast in the reeds, the herd of bulls among the calves of the nations, until it submits, bringing bars of silver. Scatter the nations who delight in war.

The valiant lie plundered; they sleep their last sleep. No men of might could lift a hand.

Man ate the bread of angels; He sent them food in abundance.

For he says: ‘By the strength of my hand I have done this, and by my wisdom, for I am clever. I have removed the boundaries of nations and plundered their treasures; like a mighty one I subdued their rulers.

And the wild oxen will fall with them, the young bulls with the strong ones. Their land will be drenched with blood, and their soil will be soaked with fat.

Listen to Me, you stubborn people, far removed from righteousness:

The snorting of enemy horses is heard from Dan. At the sound of the neighing of mighty steeds, the whole land quakes. They come to devour the land and everything in it, the city and all who dwell in it.

Why have your warriors been laid low? They cannot stand, for the LORD has thrust them down.

…at the sound of the galloping hooves of stallions, the rumbling of chariots, and the clatter of their wheels. The fathers will not turn back for their sons; their hands will hang limp.

“Because you rejoice, because you sing in triumph—you who plunder My inheritance—because you frolic like a heifer treading grain and neigh like stallions,

The Lord has rejected all the mighty men in my midst; He has summoned an army against me to crush my young warriors. Like grapes in a winepress, the Lord has trampled the Virgin Daughter of Judah.