Psalms 44:6 · KJV
“For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.”
— Psalms 44:6
Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.
Psalms 44 — Context
Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.
5Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
6For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
7But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.
8In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah.
Cross References
Psalms 20:7
Some {trust} in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.
1 Samuel 17:47
And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle {is} the LORD'S, and he will give you into our hands.
Hosea 1:7
But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen.
Psalms 33:16-17
There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.