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Psalms 44:4
4You are my King, O God; Command victories and deliverance for Jacob (Israel).
Psalms 44:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.
- New International Version (NIV)You are my King and my God, who decrees victories for Jacob.
- English Standard Version (ESV)You are my King, O God; ordain salvation for Jacob!
- New King James Version (NKJV)You are my King, O God; Command victories for Jacob.
Context of Psalms 44:4
2You drove out the [pagan] nations with Your own hand; Then you planted and established them (Israel); [It was by Your power that] You uprooted the [pagan] peoples, Then You spread them abroad. 3For our fathers did not possess the land [of Canaan] by their own sword, Nor did their own arm save them, But Your right hand and Your arm and the light of Your presence, Because You favored and delighted in them. You are my King, O God; Command victories and deliverance for Jacob (Israel). 5Through You we will gore our enemies [like a bull]; Through Your name we will trample down those who rise up against us. 6For I will not trust in my bow, Nor will my sword save me.
Read all of Psalms 44Psalms 44:4 word by word
אַתָּה־ה֣וּא מַלְכִּ֣י אֱלֹהִ֑ים צַ֝וֵּ֗ה יְשׁוּע֥וֹת יַעֲקֹֽב׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 44:4
- Psalms 74:12Yet God is my King of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth.
- Psalms 89:18For our shield belongs to the Lord, And our king to the Holy One of Israel.
- Psalms 149:2Let Israel rejoice in their Maker; Let Zion’s children rejoice in their King.
- Isaiah 33:22For the Lord is our Judge, The Lord is our Ruler, The Lord is our King; He will save us.
- Psalms 42:8Yet the Lord will command His lovingkindness in the daytime, And in the night His song will be with me, A prayer to the God of my life.
- Mark 1:25Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be quiet (muzzled, silenced), and come out of him!”
- Mark 9:25When Jesus saw that a crowd was rapidly gathering [around them], He rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, “You deaf and mute spirit, I command you, come out of him and never enter him again!”
Commentaries on Psalms 44:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Thou art my king - What thou wert to them, be to us. We believe in thee as they did; we have sinned and are in captivity, but we repent and turn unto thee; command, therefore, deliverances to Jacob, for we are the descendants of him in whose behalf thou hast wrought such wonders.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Thou art my King, O God - literally, “Thou art He, my King, O God;” that is, Thou art the same: the same King, and the same God, who didst interpose in the time of the fathers, and thou art he whom I recognize as King, as the Sovereign Ruler of thy people. The psalmist here uses the singular number, “my King,” as expressive of his own feelings, though he doubtless means also to speak in the name of the people. It would seem not improbable from this, that…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-8God’s people feel confident about his mighty acts; he was with them in the past, and he is their king in the present.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. Thou art my King--literally, "he who is my King," sustaining the same covenant relation as to the "fathers."Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 44
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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