Psalm 44:5–6
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44:5By your power19 we will drive back20 our enemies;
by your strength21 we will trample down22 our foes!23
44:6For I do not trust in my bow,
and I do not prevail by my sword.
Footnotes
- 19 Heb “by you.”
- 20 Heb “gore” (like an ox). If this portion of the psalm contains the song of confidence/petition the Israelites recited prior to battle, then the imperfects here and in the next line may express their expectation of victory. Another option is that the imperfects function in an emphatic generalizing manner. In this case one might translate, “you [always] drive back … you [always] trample down.” The Hebrew verb translated “drive back” is literally “gore”; the imagery is that of a powerful wild ox that “gores” its enemies and tramples them underfoot.
- 21 Heb “in your name.” The Lord’s “name” refers here to his revealed character or personal presence. Specifically in this context his ability to deliver, protect, and energize for battle is in view (see Ps 54:1).
- 22 The image of the powerful wild ox continues; see the note on the phrase “drive back” in the preceding line.
- 23 Heb “those who rise up [against] us.”
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
Through you we push down our foes;
through your name we tread down those who rise up against us.
For not in my bow do I trust,
nor can my sword save me.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Through you we push back our enemies;
through your name we trample our foes.
I put no trust in my bow,
my sword does not bring me victory;
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Through you we drive back our foes;
through your name we trample our enemies.
For I do not trust in my bow,
and my sword does not bring me victory.
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NLTNew Living Translation
Only by your power can we push back our enemies;
only in your name can we trample our foes.
I do not trust in my bow;
I do not count on my sword to save me.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
By you we push down our enemies;
by your name we tread down those who rise up against us.
For I do not trust my bow,
and my sword cannot give me victory.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
Through thee will we push down our enemies:
Through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
For I will not trust in my bow,
Neither shall my sword save me.
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