Psalms 44:4

(44:5) Thou art my King, O God: ordain salvation for Jacob.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

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

In Context

3(44:4) For not by their sword did they obtain possession of the land, and their own arm brought them no victory; but thy right hand, and thy arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst given them thy favor.

5(44:6) Through thee will we butt down our assailants: through thy name will we tread under foot our opponents.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 7:8But on account of the love of the Lord for you, and because he keepeth the oath which he hath sworn unto your fathers, hath the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bond-men, out of the hand of Pharaoh the king of Egypt.

Joshua 24:12And I sent before you the hornet which drove them out from before you, even the two kings of the Emorites: not with thy sword, and not with thy bow.

Psalms 74:12Since [thou] God art my King from olden days, working salvation in the midst of the earth.

Psalms 111:6The power of his works hath he told unto his people, that he might give them the heritage of 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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