Psalms 44:6

For I will not trust in my bow, 1 neither will my sword save me. 1

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For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.

In Context

5Through you we will push down our adversaries; 1 through your name we will tread them under, those who rise up against us. 1

7But you have saved us from our adversaries, 1 and have put to shame those who hate us. 1

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Cross References

1 Samuel 17:47and that all this gathering may know that Yahweh does not give victory with sword or spear. For the battle is Yahweh's, and he will give you into our hand.”

Psalms 33:16No king is saved by a vast army; 1 a warrior is not saved by his great strength. 1

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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