Psalms 44:5

And bend thy bow, and prosper, and reign, 1 Because of truth and meekness and righteousness; 1 And thy right hand shall guide thee wonderfully. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.

In Context

4Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O Mighty One, 1 In thy comeliness, and in thy beauty; 1

6Thy weapons are sharpened, Mighty One 1 (The nations shall fall under thee); 1 They are in the heart of the king’s enemies. 1

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Cross References

1 Kings 22:11And Zedekiah son of Chenaanah made for himself iron horns, and said, Thus saith the Lord, With these thou shalt push Syria, until it be consumed.

Psalms 91:13The righteous shall flourish as a palm tree: 1 He shall be increased as the cedar in Lebanon. 1

Psalms 118:10With my whole heart have I diligently sought thee: 1 Cast me not away from thy commandments. 1

Isaiah 41:14Fear not, Jacob, and thou Israel few in number; I have helped thee, saith thy God, he that redeems thee, O Israel.

Zechariah 10:5And they shall be as warriors treading clay in the ways in war; and they shall set the battle in array, because the Lord is with them, and the riders on horses shall be put to shame.

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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