Psalms 44:4
For they got not the possession of the land by their own sword : neither did their own arm save them. But thy right hand and thy arm, and the light of thy countenance : because thou wast pleased with them.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.
In Context
5Thou art thyself my king and my God, who commandest the saving of Jacob.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 7:8But because the Lord hath loved you, and hath kept his oath, which he swore to your fathers: and hath brought you out with a strong hand, and redeemed you from the house of bondage, out of the hand of Pharao the king of Egypt.
Joshua 24:12And I sent before you hornets: and I drove them out from their places, the two kings of the Amorrhites, not with thy sword nor with thy bow.
Psalms 74:12But God is our king before ages: he hath wrought salvation in the midst of the earth.
Psalms 111:6he will shew forth to his people the power of his works.
Isaiah 33:22For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king: he will save us.
Mark 1:31And coming to her, he lifted her up, taking her by the hand; and immediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto 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 →