O thou sword of the LORD, how long [will it be] ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.
Ver. 6. O thou sword of the Lord.] So called because whencesoever it cometh it is bathed in heaven. Isa 34:5 See Jer 25:29 Judges 7:18; Judges 7:20 .
How long will it be ere thou be quiet?] Erisne in opere semper? Wilt thou ever be eating flesh and drinking blood? War, the shorter the better. Of the pirates' war, as the Romans called it, Augustine a reporteth to the just commendation of Pompey, that it was by him incredibill celeritate et temporls brevitate eonfectum, quickly despatched and made an end of.
a Aug., De Civit. Dei.