Psalms 44:5
Through you, will we push down our adversaries.Through your name, will we tread them under who rise up against us.
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
4You are my King, God.Command victories for Jacob!
6For I will not trust in my bow,neither shall my sword save me.
Cross References
1 Kings 22:11Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron, and said, "Thus says the Lord, 'With these you shall push the Syrians, until they are consumed.'"
Psalms 18:39For you have girded me with strength to the battle.You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.
Psalms 91:13You will tread on the lion and cobra.You will trample the young lion and the serpent underfoot.
Psalms 118:10All the nations surrounded me,but in the name of the Lord, I cut them off.
Isaiah 41:14Do not be afraid, you worm Jacob,and you men of Israel.I will help you," says the Lord,"and your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
Zechariah 10:5They shall be as mighty men,treading down muddy streets in the battle;and they shall fight, because the Lord is with them;and the riders on horses will be confounded.
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 →