Psalms 44:6
for not in my bow do I trust, nor can my sword win me the victory.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
In Context
5Through you we can thrust back our foes, and by your name tread down our assailants:
7Our victory comes from you, and confusion to those who hate us.
Cross References
Psalms 33:16It is not by great armies that kings are victorious, it is not by great strength that a warrior saves himself;
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 →