Psalms 44:6
For, not in my bow, will I trust, Nor shall, my sword, give me victory;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
In Context
5By thee, will we thrust at, our adversaries, In thy Name, will we tread down our assailants;
7For thou hast saved us from our adversaries, And, them who hated us, hast thou put to shame.
Cross References
1 Samuel 17:47and that all this gathered host may know that, not with sword and with spear, doth Yahweh save,—for, unto Yahweh, belongeth the battle, and he will deliver you into our hand.
Psalms 33:16Not a king, can be saved by greatness of force, nor, hero, deliver himself by greatness of 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 →