Psalm 44:6
New International Version
I put no trust in my bow, my sword does not bring me victory;

New Living Translation
I do not trust in my bow; I do not count on my sword to save me.

English Standard Version
For not in my bow do I trust, nor can my sword save me.

Berean Standard Bible
For I do not trust in my bow, nor does my sword save me.

King James Bible
For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.

New King James Version
For I will not trust in my bow, Nor shall my sword save me.

New American Standard Bible
For I will not trust in my bow, Nor will my sword save me.

NASB 1995
For I will not trust in my bow, Nor will my sword save me.

NASB 1977
For I will not trust in my bow, Nor will my sword save me.

Legacy Standard Bible
For I will not trust in my bow, And my sword will not save me.

Amplified Bible
For I will not trust in my bow, Nor will my sword save me.

Christian Standard Bible
For I do not trust in my bow, and my sword does not bring me victory.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For I do not trust in my bow, and my sword does not bring me victory.

American Standard Version
For I will not trust in my bow, Neither shall my sword save me.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Because we have not trusted upon our bows, neither upon our armor, to save us.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
For I will not trust in my bow, and my sword shall not save me.

Contemporary English Version
I don't depend on my arrows or my sword to save me.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For I will not trust in my bow : neither shall my sword save me.

English Revised Version
For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I do not rely on my bow, and my sword will never save me.

Good News Translation
I do not trust in my bow or in my sword to save me;

International Standard Version
For I place no confidence in my bow, nor will my sword deliver me.

JPS Tanakh 1917
For I trust not in my bow, Neither can my sword save me.

Literal Standard Version
For I do not trust in my bow, | And my sword does not save me.

Majority Standard Bible
For I do not trust in my bow, nor does my sword save me.

New American Bible
Not in my bow do I trust, nor does my sword bring me victory.

NET Bible
For I do not trust in my bow, and I do not prevail by my sword.

New Revised Standard Version
For not in my bow do I trust, nor can my sword save me.

New Heart English Bible
For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.

Webster's Bible Translation
For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.

World English Bible
For I will not trust in my bow, neither will my sword save me.

Young's Literal Translation
For, not in my bow do I trust, And my sword doth not save me.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Redeem Us
5Through You we repel our foes; through Your name we trample our enemies. 6For I do not trust in my bow, nor does my sword save me. 7For You save us from our enemies; You put those who hate us to shame.…

Cross References
1 Samuel 17:47
And all those assembled here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the LORD saves; for the battle is the LORD's, and He will give all of you into our hands."

Psalm 33:16
No king is saved by his vast army; no warrior is delivered by his great strength.

Hosea 1:7
Yet I will have compassion on the house of Judah, and I will save them--not by bow or sword or war, not by horses and cavalry, but by the LORD their God."


Treasury of Scripture

For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.

Psalm 20:7
Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.

Psalm 33:16,17
There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength…

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.

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Psalm 44
1. The church, in memory of former favors
7. complains of her present evils
17. professing her integrity,
24. she fervently prays for helpfulness














Verse 6. - For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me (comp. ver. 3). My trust, i.e., shall not be in myself, but in thee. The sword and the bow were the ordinary weapons of Israel.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
For
כִּ֤י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

I do not
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

trust
אֶבְטָ֑ח (’eḇ·ṭāḥ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 982: To trust, be confident, sure

in my bow,
בְקַשְׁתִּ֣י (ḇə·qaš·tî)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 7198: A bow, for, shooting, the iris

nor does my sword
וְ֝חַרְבִּ֗י (wə·ḥar·bî)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword

deliver me.
תוֹשִׁיעֵֽנִי׃ (ṯō·wō·šî·‘ê·nî)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | first person common singular
Strong's 3467: To be open, wide, free, to be safe, to free, succor


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