Oomis, you’ve made a common mistake. The line isn’t, “THE bombs bursting in air” It’s, “Bombs bursting in air.”
My favorite is the last stanza:
Oh, thus be it ever when free men shall stand
Between their loved homes and the war’s desolation
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav’n rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation
Then conquer we must
When our cause, it is just
And this be our motto
In G-d is our trust
And the Star Spangled Banner in triumph shall wave
O’er the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave.