Psalms 44:6
\44:5\Through you will we overcome our haters; by your name will they be crushed under our feet who are violent against us.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
In Context
5\44:4\You are my King and my God; ordering salvation for Jacob.
7\44:6\I will not put faith in my bow, my sword will not be my salvation.
Cross References
1 Samuel 17:47And all these people who are here today may see that the Lord does not give salvation by sword and spear: for the fight is the Lord's, and he will give you up into our hands.
Psalms 33:16A king's salvation is not in the power of his army; a strong man does not get free by his great strength.
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 →