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Psalms 89:43

41 All who pass by plunder him; he has become a reproach to his neighbors.

42 You have exalted the right hand of his foes; You have made all his enemies rejoice.

You have bent the edge of his sword and have not sustained him in battle.

44 You have ended his splendor and cast his throne to the ground.

45 You have cut short the days of his youth; You have covered him with shame. Selah

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
You have bent the edge of his sword and have not sustained him in battle.
KJV
Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.
WEB
Yes, you turn back the edge of his sword, and haven’t supported him in battle.
ASV
Yea, thou turnest back the edge of his sword, And hast not made him to stand in the battle.
DARBY
Yea, thou hast turned back the edge of his sword, and hast not made him stand in the battle.
BLB
Also You have turned back the sharpness of his sword, and You have not made it stand in the battle.
ÅB
Og du lot hans skarpe sverd vike og lot ham ikke holde stand i striden.
OTB
Du vender også bort hans sverds egg,
Og har ikke støttet ham i striden.
B1930
Og du lot hans skarpe sverd vike og lot ham ikke holde stand i striden.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 2 Chronicles 25:8

    Even if you go and fight bravely in battle, God will make you stumble before the enemy, for God has power to help and power to overthrow.”

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  • Leviticus 26:36–37

    As for those of you who survive, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, so that even the sound of a windblown leaf will put them to flight. And they will flee as one flees the sword, and fall when no one pursues them.

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  • Numbers 14:42

    Do not go up, lest you be struck down by your enemies, because the LORD is not among you.

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  • Numbers 14:45

    Then the Amalekites and Canaanites who lived in that part of the hill country came down, attacked them, and routed them all the way to Hormah.

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  • Joshua 7:8–12

    O Lord, what can I say, now that Israel has turned its back and run from its enemies?

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  • Joshua 7:4–5

    So about three thousand men went up, but they fled before the men of Ai.

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  • Ezekiel 30:21–25

    “Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt. See, it has not been bound up for healing, or splinted for strength to hold the sword.

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  • Psalms 44:10

    You have made us retreat from the foe, and those who hate us have plundered us.

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