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Psalms 44:5
5With you we can walk over our enemies. With your name we can trample those who attack us.
Psalms 44:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
- New International Version (NIV)Through you we push back our enemies; through your name we trample our foes.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Through you we push down our foes; through your name we tread down those who rise up against us.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Through You we will push down our enemies; Through Your name we will trample those who rise up against us.
Context of Psalms 44:5
3It was not with their swords that they took possession of the land. They did not gain victory with their own strength. It was your right hand, your arm, and the light of your presence ⌞that did it⌟, because you were pleased with them. 4You alone are my king, O God. You won those victories for Jacob. With you we can walk over our enemies. With your name we can trample those who attack us. 6I do not rely on my bow, and my sword will never save me. 7But you saved us from our enemies. You put to shame those who hate us.
Read all of Psalms 44Psalms 44:5 word by word
בְּ֭ךָ צָרֵ֣ינוּ נְנַגֵּ֑חַ בְּ֝שִׁמְךָ֗ נָב֥וּס קָמֵֽינוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 44:5
- Psalms 18:39You armed me with strength for battle. You made my opponents bow at my feet.
- Psalms 118:10All the nations surrounded me, ⌞but armed⌟ with the name of the Lord, I defeated them.
- Isaiah 41:14Don’t be afraid, Jacob, you worm. You people of Israel, I will help you,” declares the Lord, your Defender, the Holy One of Israel.
- Philippians 4:13I can do everything through Christ who strengthens me.
- Deuteronomy 33:17They will be as majestic as a firstborn bull. Their horns will be like the horns of a wild ox. They will use them to push away nations including those at the ends of the earth. The tens of thousands from the tribe of Ephraim and the thousands from the tribe of Manasseh will be like this.”
- 1 Kings 22:11Zedekiah, son of Chenaanah, made iron horns and said, “This is what the Lord says: With these horns you will push the Arameans to their destruction.”
- Daniel 8:4I saw the ram charging west, north, and south. No other animal could stand in front of it, and no one could escape from its power. It did anything it pleased and continued to grow.
- Psalms 60:12With God we will display great strength. He will trample our enemies.
- Psalms 91:13You will step on lions and cobras. You will trample young lions and snakes.
- Psalms 108:13With God we will display great strength. He will trample our enemies.
- Zechariah 10:5Together they will be like warriors who trample the enemy in the mud on the streets. They will fight because the Lord is with them. They will put to shame those who ride on horses.
- Romans 16:20The God of peace will quickly crush Satan under your feet. May the good will of our Lord Jesus be with you!
Commentaries on Psalms 44:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Through thee will we push down - Through thy Word, במימרא bemeimra, "Thy substantial Word." - Chaldee. If thou be with us, who can be successfully against us? Literally "We will toss them in the air with our horn;" a metaphor taken from an ox or bull tossing the dogs into the air which attack him. Through thy name - Jehovah; the infinite, the omnipotent, the eternal Being; whose power none is able to resist.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Through thee - By thy help. “Will we push down our enemies.” The word here rendered “push down” means literally to strike or push with the horns, spoken of horned animals, Exodus 21:28, Exodus 21:31-32. Then it is applied to a conqueror prostrating nations before him: Deuteronomy 33:17; 1 Kings 22:11. Through thy name - That is, acting under thine authority and by thy help. If he gave the commandment Psalm 44:4, it would be certain that they would be able…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. 55. The figure drawn from the habits of the ox.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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