Psalms 89:43 · KJV
“Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.”
— Psalms 89:43
Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.
Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground. {glory: Heb. brightness}
Psalms 89 — Context
All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.
42Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.
43Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.
44Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground. {glory: Heb. brightness}
45The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.
Cross References
Numbers 14:45
Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, {even} unto Hormah.
Leviticus 26:36-37
And upon them that are left {alive} of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth. {shaken: Heb. driven}
Ezekiel 30:21-25
Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, lo, it shall not be bound up to be healed, to put a roller to bind it, to make it strong to hold the sword.
Joshua 7:8-12
O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies! {backs: Heb. necks}
Numbers 14:42
Go not up, for the LORD {is} not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies.
Joshua 7:4-5
So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai.
2 Chronicles 25:8
But if thou wilt go, do {it}, be strong for the battle: God shall make thee fall before the enemy: for God hath power to help, and to cast down.
Psalms 44:10
Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.