Psalms 44:6
Through thee we will push down our enemies with the horn : and through thy name we will despise them that rise up against us.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
In Context
5Thou art thyself my king and my God, who commandest the saving of Jacob.
7For I will not trust in my bow : neither shall my sword save me.
Cross References
1 Samuel 17:47And all this assembly shall know, that the Lord saveth not with sword and spear: for it is his battle, and he will deliver you into our hands.
Psalms 33:16The king is not saved by a great army: nor shall the giant be saved by his own 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 →