Psalms 44:6

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

World English Bible British with Deuterocanon

In The King James Version

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

In Context

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

7But you have saved us from our adversaries, and have shamed those who hate us.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 17:47and that all this assembly may know that the LORD doesn’t save with sword and spear; for the battle is the LORD’s, and he will give you into our hand.”

Psalms 33:16There is no king saved by the multitude of an army. A mighty man is not delivered by 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 →

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