He hath bent his bow like an enemy
God sometimes appears as if he was an enemy to his people, when he is not, by his conduct and behaviour; by the dispensations of his providence they take him to be so, as Job did, ( Job 16:9 Job 16:10 Job 16:13 Job 16:14 ) ; he bends his bow, or treads it, for the bending or stretching the bow was done by the foot; and as the Targum,
``and threw his arrows at me:''he stood with his right hand as an adversary;
``he stood at the right hand of Nebuchadnezzar and helped him, when he distressed his people Israel:''and slew all [that were] pleasant to the eye;
The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.