31 The horse is prepared for the day of battle,+

But salvation belongs to Jehovah.+

Let the warriors advance,

Cush and Put, who handle the shield,+

And the Luʹdim,+ who handle and bend* the bow.+

 3 At the sound of the pounding hooves of his stallions,

At the rattling of his war chariots

And the rumbling of his wheels,

Fathers will not even turn around for their sons,

For their hands fall limp,

 8 Their horses are swifter than leopards,

And they are fiercer than wolves in the night.+

Their warhorses gallop forward;

Their horses come from far away.