Charles Ellicott Commentary Psalms 76:3

"There he brake the arrows of the bow; The shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah" — Psalms 76:3 (ASV)

There. —This word in Psalms 14:5 does not appear to have a strictly definite local sense; and here may refer to time, possibly to some event, which we are not able to identify with certainty.

Arrows. —Literally, flashes. (See Note, Song of Solomon 8:6.) The image may be derived from the lightning speed of the flight of arrows, or from the custom of shooting bolts tipped with flame (see Note, Psalms 7:13), or the connection may be from the metaphor in Psalms 91:5-6, since the Hebrew word here used denotes pestilence in Habakkuk 3:5.

The shield, the sword, and the battle —Hosea 2:18 is the original of this. (Compare to Psalms 46:9.) Notice the fine poetic touch in the climactic use of battle to sum up all the weapons of war.