Bible Strands
Psalms 44:5
Through You we repel our foes; through Your name we trample our enemies.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist speaks in the collective voice of Israel to God, affirming His kingship and past ordination of victories for Jacob before detailing the means of their military success.
The words — נְנַגֵּ֑חַ (ne.na.Ge.ach) translates literally as "we gore," and נָב֥וּס (na.Vus) means "we tread down," both describing physical acts of combat.
The thread — The motif of divine empowerment for combat reappears in Psalms 60:12 and Psalms 108:13, while reliance on the divine name to cut off surrounding nations echoes Psalms 118:10.
Why it lands — The text asserts that military victory depends entirely on God's name rather than human weapons, demanding a reader acknowledge that survival and triumph are granted solely by divine action.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
Cross-references
- Psalms 108:13 With God we will perform with valor, and He will trample our enemies.
- Psalms 60:12 With God we will perform with valor, and He will trample our enemies.
- Psalms 118:10 All the nations surrounded me, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.
- Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.
- Deuteronomy 33:17 His majesty is like a firstborn bull, and his horns are like those of a wild ox. With them he will gore the nations, even to the ends of the earth. Such are the myriads of Ephraim, and such are the thousands of Manasseh.”
- Daniel 8:4 I saw the ram charging toward the west and the north and the south. No animal could stand against him, and there was no deliverance from his power. He did as he pleased and became great.
- Zechariah 10:5 They will be like mighty men in battle, trampling the enemy in the mire of the streets. They will fight because the LORD is with them, and they will put the horsemen to shame.
- Psalms 91:13 You will tread on the lion and cobra; you will trample the young lion and serpent.
- Isaiah 41:14 Do not fear, O Jacob, you worm, O few men of Israel. I will help you,” declares the LORD. “Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
- 1 Kings 22:11 Now Zedekiah son of Chenaanah had made for himself iron horns and declared, “This is what the LORD says: ‘With these you shall gore the Arameans until they are finished off.’”