Psalms 89:43
You have bent the edge of his sword and have not sustained him in battle.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.
In Context
42You have exalted the right hand of his foes; You have made all his enemies rejoice.
44You have ended his splendor and cast his throne to the ground.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:36As for those of you who survive, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, so that even the sound of a windblown leaf will put them to flight. And they will flee as one flees the sword, and fall when no one pursues them.
Numbers 14:45Then the Amalekites and Canaanites who lived in that part of the hill country came down, attacked them, and routed them all the way to Hormah.
Joshua 7:8O Lord, what can I say, now that Israel has turned its back and run from its enemies?
Psalms 44:10You have made us retreat from the foe, and those who hate us have plundered us.
Ezekiel 30:21“Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt. See, it has not been bound up for healing, or splinted for strength to hold the sword.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 89:39-52
Complaints and Expostulations; David's Expostulation with God. 38 But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed. 39 Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground. 40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin. 41 All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours. 42 Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice. 43… Read the whole commentary →