Psalms 44:4

Thou thyself art my king, O God: command deliverance for Jacob.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.

In Context

3For not by their own sword did they take possession of the land, neither did their own arm save them; but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst delight in them.

5Through thee will we push down our adversaries; through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 7:8but because Jehovah loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath Jehovah brought you out with a powerful hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

Joshua 24:12And I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you, [as] the two kings of the Amorites; not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.

Psalms 74:12But God is my king of old, accomplishing deliverances in the midst of the earth.

Psalms 111:6He hath shewn his people the power of his works, to give them the heritage of the nations.

Isaiah 33:22For Jehovah is our judge, Jehovah, our lawgiver, Jehovah, our king: he will save us.

Mark 1:31And he went up to [her] and raised her up, having taken her by the hand, and straightway the fever left her, and she served them.

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 →

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