Psalms 44:6
For, not in my bow do I trust, And my sword doth not save me.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
In Context
5By Thee our adversaries we do push, By Thy name tread down our withstanders,
7For Thou hast saved us from our adversaries, And those hating us Thou hast put to shame.
Cross References
1 Samuel 17:47and all this assembly do know that not by sword and by spear doth Jehovah save, that the battle [is] Jehovah's, and He hath given you into our hand.'
Psalms 33:16The king is not saved by the multitude of a force. A mighty man is not delivered, By abundance of power.
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 →