and to this agrees what follows:[when] thou shalt make ready [thine arrows] upon thy strings against the face of them; that is, direct the arrows of his wrath and vengeance right against them; see Ps 7:11.
Kimchi & Ben Melech in loc.
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Job 16:12
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