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Complete Jewish Bible

Psalms 44:7

For I don't rely on my bow, nor can my sword give me victory.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Thankfulness;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Hatred;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Korah;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Shame;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Saviour;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Thanksgiving;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - English Versions;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Korah, Korahites;   Psalms;   Sin;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - God;   Korah;   Psalms the book of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
But you give us victory over our foesand let those who hate us be disgraced.
Hebrew Names Version
But you have saved us from our adversaries, And have put them to shame who hate us.
King James Version
But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.
English Standard Version
But you have saved us from our foes and have put to shame those who hate us.
New Century Version
You saved us from our foes, and you made our enemies ashamed.
New English Translation
For you deliver us from our enemies; you humiliate those who hate us.
Amplified Bible
But You have saved us from our enemies, And You have put them to shame and humiliated those who hate us.
New American Standard Bible
But You have saved us from our adversaries, And You have put to shame those who hate us.
World English Bible
But you have saved us from our adversaries, And have put them to shame who hate us.
Geneva Bible (1587)
But thou hast saued vs from our aduersaries, and hast put them to confusion that hate vs.
Legacy Standard Bible
But You have saved us from our adversaries,And You have put to shame those who hate us.
Berean Standard Bible
But You give us victory over our enemies; You put those who hate us to shame.
Contemporary English Version
But you saved us from our hateful enemies, and you put them to shame.
Darby Translation
For thou hast saved us from our adversaries, and hast put them to shame that hate us.
Easy-to-Read Version
You are the one who saved us from our enemies. You are the one who put our enemies to shame.
George Lamsa Translation
But thou hast saved us from those who hate us, and hast put to shame our enemies.
Good News Translation
but you have saved us from our enemies and defeated those who hate us.
Lexham English Bible
Rather you have saved us from our enemies, and have humiliated those who hate us.
Literal Translation
But You have saved us from our adversaries and have put to shame those who hate us.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For I will not trust in my bowe, it is not my swerde yt shal helpe me.
American Standard Version
But thou hast saved us from our adversaries, And hast put them to shame that hate us.
Bible in Basic English
But it is you who have been our saviour from those who were against us, and have put to shame those who had hate for us.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
For I trust not in my bow, neither can my sword save me.
King James Version (1611)
But thou hast saued vs from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated vs.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
But it is thou that sauest vs from our enemies: and thou puttest them to confusion that hate vs.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For thou hast saved us from them that afflicted us, and hast put to shame them that hated us.
English Revised Version
But thou hast saved us from our adversaries, and hast put them to shame that hate us.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For Y schal not hope in my bouwe; and my swerd schal not saue me.
Update Bible Version
But you have saved us from our adversaries, And have put them to shame that hate us.
Webster's Bible Translation
But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.
New King James Version
But You have saved us from our enemies, And have put to shame those who hated us.
New Living Translation
You are the one who gives us victory over our enemies; you disgrace those who hate us.
New Life Bible
But You have saved us from those who fight against us. You have put to shame those who hate us.
New Revised Standard
But you have saved us from our foes, and have put to confusion those who hate us.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For thou hast saved us from our adversaries, And, them who hated us, hast thou put to shame.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(43-8) But thou hast saved us from them that afflict us: and hast put them to shame that hate us.
Revised Standard Version
But thou hast saved us from our foes, and hast put to confusion those who hate us.
Young's Literal Translation
For Thou hast saved us from our adversaries, And those hating us Thou hast put to shame.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
But You have saved us from our adversaries, And You have put to shame those who hate us.

Contextual Overview

1 For the leader. By the descendants of Korach. A maskil: 2 God, we heard it with our ears; our fathers told us about it — a deed which you did in their days, back in days of old. 3 With your hand you drove out nations to plant them in [the land], you crushed peoples to make room for them. 4 For not by their own swords did they conquer the land, nor did their own arm give them victory; rather, it was your right hand, your arm and the light of your face; because you favored them. 5 God, you are my king; command complete victory for Ya‘akov. 6 Through you we pushed away our foes, through your name we trampled down our assailants. 7 For I don't rely on my bow, nor can my sword give me victory. 8 No, you saved us from our adversaries; you put to shame those who hate us.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

But: Psalms 140:7, Psalms 144:10, Joshua 1:5, Joshua 10:8-10, Joshua 10:42, Joshua 11:6, Joshua 23:9, Joshua 23:10, Judges 2:18, Judges 7:4-7, 1 Samuel 7:8-12, 1 Samuel 14:6-10, 1 Samuel 17:47, 2 Samuel 7:10

put them: Psalms 40:14, Psalms 83:1-18, Psalms 132:18

Reciprocal: Genesis 49:24 - were made Psalms 18:29 - by thee Psalms 33:16 - no king

Cross-References

Genesis 35:22
It was while Isra'el was living in that land that Re'uven went and slept with Bilhah his father's concubine, and Isra'el heard about it. Ya‘akov had twelve sons.
Genesis 44:16
Y'hudah said, "There's nothing we can say to my lord! How can we speak? There's no way we can clear ourselves! God has revealed your servants' guilt; so here we are, my lord's slaves — both we and also the one in whose possession the cup was found."
Genesis 44:18
But he replied, "Heaven forbid that I should act in such a way. The man in whose possession the goblet was found will be my slave; but as for you, go in peace to your father." Haftarah Mikketz: M'lakhim Alef (1 Kings) 3:15–4:1 B'rit Hadashah suggested reading for Parashah Mikketz: Acts 7:9–16 (specifically vv. 11–12) Then Y'hudah approached Yosef and said, "Please, my lord! Let your servant say something to you privately; and don't be angry with your servant, for you are like Pharaoh himself.
Genesis 44:22
We answered my lord, ‘The boy can't leave his father; if he were to leave his father, his father would die.'
Genesis 44:25
but when our father said, ‘Go again, and buy us some food,'
Genesis 44:29
Now if you take this one away from me too, and something happens to him, you will bring my gray hair down to Sh'ol with grief.'
Genesis 44:31
(ii) when he sees that the boy isn't with us, he will die; and your servants will bring the gray hair of your servant our father down to Sh'ol with grief.
Genesis 44:32
For your servant himself guaranteed his safety; I said, ‘If I fail to bring him to you, then I will bear the blame before my father forever.'
2 Samuel 20:20
Yo'av answered, "Heaven forbid! Heaven forbid that I should swallow or destroy anything!
2 Kings 8:13
Haza'el said, "But what is your servant? Nothing but a dog! How could he do anything of such magnitude?" Elisha answered, " Adonai has shown me that you will be king over Aram."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But thou hast saved us from our enemies,.... Spiritual ones, and not we ourselves; and therefore will not trust in ourselves, nor in anything of ours, but in the Lord, and give him the glory of salvation;

and hast put them to shame that hated us; the men of the world, the seed of the serpent, and the serpent himself, when his works were destroyed, and his principalities and powers spoiled by Christ upon the cross; hence the following boasting of the Lord, and glorying in him.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But thou hast saved us from our enemies - That is, Thou hast done it in times past. Thou hast interposed in behalf of our nation in periods of danger and trial, and hast delivered us. This is stated as a reason for what is said by the psalmist in Psalms 44:6 - that he would not trust in his sword and in iris bow - and for the earnest appeal which he now makes to God. He and his people did not rely on their own strength and prowess, but on that God who had often interposed to save the nation.

And hast put them to shame that hated us - In former times. That is, he had caused them to be discomfited. He had turned them back. He had covered them with confusion. On the meaning of the words “shame” and “ashamed,” see Job 6:20, note; Psalms 34:5, note.


 
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