Psalms 44:6
(44:7) For not in my bow will I trust, and my sword shall not help me.
Leeser Tanakh
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 helpest us against our assailants, and those that hate us thou puttest to shame.
Cross References
1 Samuel 17:47And all this assembly shall know that the Lord saveth not through sword and spear; for the battle is the Lord's, and he will give you up into our hand.
Psalms 33:16The king is not saved by the multitude of an army: a mighty man is not delivered by much 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 →