Hosea 1:7; Psalms 20:7; Psalms 33:16; Psalms 33:17
For I will not trust in my bow - The author of the psalm himself again speaks as expressing his own feelings, and stating the grounds of his conf...
XLIV. A National Prayer in Unmerited Distress. The Ps. evidently depicts the situation of Israel under Antiochus Epiphanes [but see OTJC 2, pp. 207...
trust . confide. Hebrew. batah . App-69. bow... sword. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), for military science. Compare 2 Kings 1...
For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me. I will not trust in my bow - As he is speaking of what God had already done for his f...
For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me. For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me. But thou hast...
This is a prayer for deliverance from national trouble which has not been deserved by any apostasy or idolatry. The strong assertions of national fai...
Psalms 44:1-26 CALVIN says that the authorship of this psalm is uncertain, but that it is abundantly clear that it was composed by anyone rather t...
Courage from Former Deliverances Psalms 44:1-8 This psalm, like Psalms 60:1-12 , came out of one of the early wars in David's reign, as descri...
The final meaning of this psalm is discovered in its last four verses. It is a prayer for deliverance from defeat. Its strength of appeal lies in its...
What an unanswerable appeal this is for success in player! If God be our king, will he not help and defend his own subjects? And, if we use the same...
For I will not trust in my bow ,.... In any carnal weapon, in any creature help and assistance, or in an arm of flesh, but in the word of the Lord,...
For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me. Ver. 6. For I will not trust in my bow ] To trust in men or means is the ready r...
Thou art my king, O God And thou, O God, who didst such astonishing things for them, art still the very same almighty Being, whom I honour as my so...
Grateful Acknowledgment of Past Mercies; Consecration to God. To the chief...
But I will trust in thee only, as the next verse implies; and therefore do not frustrate my hope and confidence fixed upon thee.
The Psalmist Expresses His General Confidence In the Fact That God Will In The Future Fight For Them And Act On Their Behalf As He Has In The Past (...
INTRODUCTION Superscription .—“To the Chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil.” See introduction to Psalms 42 . We have no means of determi...
trust ( See Scofield) - ( Psalms 2:12 ).
Psalms 44:1 . We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old. Now Israel w...
Psalms 44:1 . Our fathers have told us. All ancient patriarchs instructed their children, and all ancient nations instructed posterity by oral tra...
We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us what work Thou didst. Aspects of national piety There is such a thing as national...
Through Thee will we push down our enemies; through Thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us. God’s gift of victory 1. The bel...
EXPOSITION THE date and occasion of this psalm are greatly disputed. Most critics, from Calvin to Hitzig, refer it to the times of the Maccabe...
A Prayer in Times of National Distress. To the chief. musician for the sons of Korah, another hymn composed by a member of this family, Maschil, a...
For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me, all confidence in one's own strength and ability is foolish.
6 For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.