Psalms 44:6
For I do not trust in my bow, nor does my sword save me.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
In Context
5Through You we repel our foes; through Your name we trample our enemies.
7For You save us from our enemies; You put those who hate us to shame.
Cross References
1 Samuel 17:47And all those assembled here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the LORD saves; for the battle is the LORD’s, and He will give all of you into our hands.”
Psalms 33:16No king is saved by his vast army; no warrior is delivered by his great 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 →