Psalms 44:5

Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
down	נְנַגֵּ֑חַ ne.na.Ge.ach	H5055	to butt with the horns · verb, piel imperfect, 1st person common plural
enemies	צָרֵ֣ינוּ tza.Rei.nu	H6862	narrow · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix
name	בְּ֝שִׁמְךָ֗ be.shim.kha	H8034	an appellation · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
under	נָב֥וּס na.Vus	H947	to trample (literally or figuratively) · verb, qal imperfect, 1st person common plural
up	קָמֵֽינוּ ka.Mei.nu	H6965	to rise (in various applications · verb, qal active participle, masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix

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Cross-references

Psalms 108:13 Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.
Psalms 60:12 Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.
Psalms 118:10-13 All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD will I destroy them.
Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Deuteronomy 33:17 His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to…
Daniel 8:4 I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; so that no beasts might stand before him, neither was there any that could del…
Zechariah 10:5 And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the…
Psalms 91:13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 44:1-8

Some observe that most of the psalms that are entitled Maschil - psalms of instruction, are sorrowful psalms; for afflictions give instructions, and sorrow of spirit opens the ear to them. Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest and teachest. In these verses the church, though now trampled upon, calls to remembrance the days of her triumph, of her triumph in God and over her enemies. This is very largely mentioned here, 1. As an aggravation of the present distress. The yoke of servitude cannot but lie very heavily on the necks of those that used to wear the crown of victory; and the tokens of God's displeasure must needs be most grievous to those that have been long accustomed to the tokens…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 44:5

The figure drawn from the habits of the ox.

John Gill on Psalms 44:5

Through thee will we push down our enemies,.... The Chaldee paraphrase renders it, "through the Word": the essential Word of God, the Lord Jesus Christ, who is the church's King and God, and has wrought out complete deliverance and salvation for his people; and he is the horn of salvation, by which, though weak in themselves, they push down their enemies, which are many and mighty, and they are more than conquerors over them: the metaphor is taken from creatures pushing with their horns those that oppose them, and in defence of themselves; and there seems to be an allusion to Deuteronomy 33:17; through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us; in the name of the Lord the sa…

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John Calvin on Psalms 44:4-8

Psalm 44:4-8 4. Thou, even thou, art my King, [134] O God! command [or ordain] deliverances for Jacob. 5. Through thee we have pushed [or smitten] with the horn our adversaries: in thy name we have trampled under foot those that rose u, against us. 6. For I will not trust in my bow, and my sword will not save me. 7. Surely thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put to shame those that hated us. 8. In God we will boast all the day, and confess thy name for ever. Selah. 4. Thou, even thou, art my King, O God! In this verse the faithful express still more plainly what I have already alluded to a little before, namely, that the goodness of God was not only apparent in the deliverance of…

The Church Fathers

In the Scriptures it is often the custom for horns to designate the eminence of faith and of the virtues with which we ought to strike out against and overcome the hostile advances of our ancient enemy, joining the prophet in saying to the Lord, "Through you we will fight against our enemies with the horn."
— Bede, On the Tabernacle 3:11

But perhaps it is only what is past that has been described to us: but nothing of the kind is to be hoped for by us for the future. Nay indeed, it is still to be hoped for. "Through Thee will we winnow away our enemies" (ver. 5). Our fathers then have declared to us a work that Thou didst "in their days, and in the days of old," that Thy hand destroyed the Gentiles: that Thou "didst cast out the peoples; and didst plant them." Such was the past; but what is to be hereafter? "Through Thee we shall winnow away our enemies." A time will come, when all the enemies of Christians will be winnowed away like chaff, be blown like dust, and be cast off from the earth. ...Thus much of the future.
— Augustine of Hippo, ON THE PSALMS, Psalm 44

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Dictionary and topics

Psalms — The psalms are the production of various authors. “Only a portion of the Book of Psalms claims David as its author. Other inspired poets in successive generations added now one now another…

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Psalms 44:5

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 44:1-8

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 44:5

John Gill on Psalms 44:5

John Calvin on Psalms 44:4-8

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 44:5

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 44:1-8

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 44:5

John Gill on Psalms 44:5

John Calvin on Psalms 44:4-8

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 44:4-8

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 44:4-8

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 44:5