Psalms 44:6
4 You are my King, O God, who ordains victories for Jacob.
5 Through You we repel our foes; through Your name we trample our enemies.
For I do not trust in my bow, nor does my sword save me.
7 For You save us from our enemies; You put those who hate us to shame.
8 In God we have boasted all day long, and Your name we will praise forever. Selah
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For I do not trust in my bow, nor does my sword save me.
- KJV
- For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
- WEB
- For I will not trust in my bow, neither will my sword save me.
- ASV
- For I will not trust in my bow, Neither shall my sword save me.
- DARBY
- For I will not put confidence in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
- BLB
- For not in my bow do I trust, and my sword will not save me.
- ÅB
- For på min bue stoler jeg ikke, og mitt sverd frelser meg ikke,
- OTB
- For jeg vil ikke stole på min bue,
Og mitt sverd skal ikke frelse meg. - B1930
- For på min bue stoler jeg ikke, og mitt sverd frelser mig ikke,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Hosea 1:7
Yet I will have compassion on the house of Judah, and I will save them—not by bow or sword or war, not by horses and cavalry, but by the LORD their God.”
Read in contextPsalms 20:7
Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.
Read in context1 Samuel 17:47
And all those assembled here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the LORD saves; for the battle is the LORD’s, and He will give all of you into our hands.”
Read in contextPsalms 33:16–17
No king is saved by his vast army; no warrior is delivered by his great strength.
Read in context