Psalms 44:4

(44-5) Thou art my King, O God; command the salvation of Jacob.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

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

In Context

3(44-4) For not by their own sword did they get the land in possession, neither did their own arm save them; but Thy right hand, and Thine arm, and the light of Thy countenance, because Thou wast favourable unto them.

5(44-6) Through Thee do we push down our adversaries; through Thy name do we tread them under that rise up against us.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 7:8but because the LORD loved you, and because He would keep the oath which He swore unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty 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, even the two kings of the Amorites; not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.

Psalms 74:12Yet God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.

Psalms 111:6He hath declared to His people the power of His works, in giving them the heritage of the nations.

Isaiah 33:22For the LORD is our Judge, the LORD is our Lawgiver, the LORD is our King; He will save us.

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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