Psalms 44:5
(44:6) Through thee will we butt down our assailants: through thy name will we tread under foot our opponents.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
4(44:5) Thou art my King, O God: ordain salvation for Jacob.
6(44:7) For not in my bow will I trust, and my sword shall not help me.
Cross References
1 Kings 22:11And Zedekiah the son of Kena'anah had made himself horns of iron; and he said, Thus hath said the Lord, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until thou have made an end of them.
Psalms 18:39(18:40) For thou hast girded me with strength for the war: thou subduest my opponents under me.
Psalms 91:13Upon the fierce lion and asp shalt thou tread: thou shalt trample under foot the young lion and serpent.
Psalms 118:10All nations encompassed me about; but in the name of the Lord I will surely cut them off.
Isaiah 41:14Fear not, thou worm Jacob, ye few men of Israel: I myself help thee, saith the Lord, and thy redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
Zechariah 10:5And they shall be like mighty men, treading down [their enemies] 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 made ashamed.
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 →