Psalms 44:5
Through You we repel our foes; through Your name we trample our enemies.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
4You are my King, O God, who ordains victories for Jacob.
6For I do not trust in my bow, nor does my sword save me.
Cross References
1 Kings 22:11Now Zedekiah son of Chenaanah had made for himself iron horns and declared, “This is what the LORD says: ‘With these you shall gore the Arameans until they are finished off.’”
Psalms 18:39You have armed me with strength for battle; You have subdued my foes beneath me.
Psalms 91:13You will tread on the lion and cobra; you will trample the young lion and serpent.
Psalms 118:10All the nations surrounded me, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.
Isaiah 41:14Do not fear, O Jacob, you worm, O few men of Israel. I will help you,” declares the LORD. “Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
Zechariah 10:5They will be like mighty men in battle, trampling the enemy in the mire of the streets. They will fight because the LORD is with them, and they will put the horsemen 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 →