Psalms 44:6

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

Revised Version 1895

In The King James Version

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

In Context

5Through thee will we push down our adversaries: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.

7But thou hast saved us from our adversaries, and hast put them to shame that hate us.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 17:47and that all this assembly may know that the LORD saveth not 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 host: 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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