BREAK—BREAKING.
Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way; though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.—Psalm xliv. 18, 19.
The Lord doth build up Jerusalem; he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.
He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.—Psalm cxlvii. 2, 3.
The Lord hath annointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound.—Isaiah, lxi. 1.
A bruised reed shall he not break.—Isaiah, xlii. 3.
For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law; but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.—Romans, ii. 25.
O many
Have broke their backs with laying manors on ’em
For this great journey.
Shakspere.
Virtues like these
Make human nature shine, reform the soul,
And break our fierce barbarians into men.
Addison.
Unhappy man, to break the pious laws
Of nature, pleading in his children’s cause.
Dryden.
Almighty Power, by whose most wise command,
Helpless, forlorn, uncertain, here I stand;
Take this faint glimmering of thyself away,
And break into my soul with perfect day!
Arbuthnot.
See Heaven its sparkling portals wide display,
And break upon thee in a flood of day.
Pope.
Not streaming blood, nor purging fire,
Thy righteous anger can appease;
Burnt-offerings thou dost not require,
Or gladly I would render these.
The broken heart in sacrifice,
Alone may thine acceptance meet;
My heart, O God, do not despise,
Broken and contrite, at thy feet.
J. Montgomery.