Psalms 44:6
(44-7) For I trust not in my bow, neither can my sword save me.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
In Context
7(44-8) But Thou hast saved us from our adversaries, and hast put them to shame that hate us.
Cross References
1 Samuel 17:47and that all this assembly may know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear; for the battle is the LORD'S, and He will give you into our hand.'
Psalms 33:16A king is not saved by the multitude of a host; a mighty man is not delivered by 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 →