Psalms 44:5
Through thee we will push down our adversaries. Through thy name we will tread them under who rise up against us.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
4Thou are my King, O God. Command deliverance for Jacob.
6For I will not trust in my bow, nor shall my sword save me.
Cross References
1 Kings 22:11And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made for him horns of iron, and said, Thus says LORD, With these thou shall push the Syrians until they be consumed.
Psalms 18:39For thou have girded me with strength to the battle. Thou have subdued under me those who rose up against me.
Psalms 91:13Thou shall tread upon the lion and adder. The young lion and the serpent thou shall trample under foot.
Psalms 118:10All nations encompassed me around. In the name of LORD I will cut them off.
Isaiah 41:14Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel. I will help thee, says LORD, and thy Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
Zechariah 10:5And they shall be as mighty men, treading down [their enemies] in the mire of the streets in the battle. And they shall fight, because LORD is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 44:2-9
Grateful Acknowledgment of Past Mercies; Consecration to God. 1 We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old. 2 How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out. 3 For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them. 4… Read the whole commentary →