New King James Version
Psalms 44:5
5Through You we will push down our enemies; Through Your name we will trample those who rise up against 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 Living Translation (NLT)Only by your power can we push back our enemies; only in your name can we trample our foes.
Context of Psalms 44:5
3For they did not gain possession of the land by their own sword, Nor did their own arm save them; But it was Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your countenance, Because You favored them. 4You are my King, O God; Command victories for Jacob. Through You we will push down our enemies; Through Your name we will trample those who rise up against us. 6For I will not trust in my bow, Nor shall my sword save me. 7But You have saved us from our enemies, And have put to shame those who hated us.
Read all of Psalms 44Psalms 44:5 word by word
בְּ֭ךָ צָרֵ֣ינוּ נְנַגֵּ֑חַ בְּ֝שִׁמְךָ֗ נָב֥וּס קָמֵֽינוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 44:5
- Psalms 18:39For You have armed me with strength for the battle; You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.
- Psalms 118:10All nations surrounded me, But in the name of the Lord I will destroy them.
- Isaiah 41:14“Fear not, you worm Jacob, You men of Israel! I will help you,” says the Lord And your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
- Philippians 4:13I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
- Deuteronomy 33:17His glory is like a firstborn bull, And his horns like the horns of the wild ox; Together with them He shall push the peoples To the ends of the earth; They are the ten thousands of Ephraim, And they are the thousands of Manasseh.”
- 1 Kings 22:11Now Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made horns of iron for himself; and he said, “Thus says the Lord: ‘With these you shall gore the Syrians until they are destroyed.’ ”
- Daniel 8:4I saw the ram pushing westward, northward, and southward, so that no animal could withstand him; nor was there any that could deliver from his hand, but he did according to his will and became great.
- Psalms 60:12Through God we will do valiantly, For it is He who shall tread down our enemies.
- Psalms 91:13You shall tread upon the lion and the cobra, The young lion and the serpent you shall trample underfoot.
- Psalms 108:13Through God we will do valiantly, For it is He who shall tread down our enemies.
- Zechariah 10:5They shall be like mighty men, Who tread down their enemies In the mire of the streets in the battle. They shall fight because the Lord is with them, And the riders on horses shall be put to shame.
- Romans 16:20And the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
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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