Psalms 44:5
Through thee will we push down our adversaries; through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
4Thou thyself art my king, O God: command deliverance for Jacob.
6For I will not put confidence in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
Cross References
1 Kings 22:11And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made for himself horns of iron, and he said, Thus saith Jehovah: With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until thou have exterminated them.
Psalms 18:39And thou girdedst me with strength to battle; thou didst subdue under me those that rose up against me.
Psalms 91:13Thou shalt tread upon the lion and the adder; the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under foot.
Psalms 118:10All nations encompassed me; but in the name of Jehovah have I destroyed them.
Isaiah 41:14Fear not, thou worm Jacob, ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith Jehovah, and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
Zechariah 10:5And they shall be as mighty men, treading down the mire of the streets in the battle; and they shall fight, for Jehovah is with them, and the riders on horses shall be put to shame.
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 →