Psalms 44:5
(44-6) Through Thee do we push down our adversaries; through Thy name do we tread them under that rise up against us.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
4(44-5) Thou art my King, O God; command the salvation of Jacob.
6(44-7) For I trust not in my bow, neither can my sword save me.
Cross References
1 Kings 22:11And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron, and said: 'Thus saith the LORD: With these shalt thou gore the Arameans, until they be consumed.'
Psalms 18:39(18-40) For Thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle; Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
Psalms 91:13Thou shalt tread upon the lion and asp; the young lion and the serpent shalt thou trample under feet.
Psalms 118:10All nations compass me about; verily, in the name of the LORD I will cut them off.
Isaiah 41:14Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I help thee, saith the LORD, and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
Zechariah 10:5And they shall be as mighty men, treading down in the mire of the streets in the battle, and they shall fight, because the LORD is with them; and the riders on horses shall be confounded.
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 →