Psalm 44:3 “For it was not by their sword that they took the land; their arm did n…”

Psalm 44:3

For it was not by their sword that they took the land; their arm did not bring them victory. It was by Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face, because You favored them.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.

World English Bible

For they didn’t get the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them; but your right hand, your arm, and the light of your face, because you were favorable to them.

American Standard Version

For they gat not the land in possession by their own sword, Neither did their own arm save them; But thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, Because thou wast favorable unto them.

Geneva Bible 1599

For they inherited not the lande by their owne sworde, neither did their owne arme saue them: but thy right hand, and thine arme and the light of thy countenance, because thou didest fauour them.

Darby Translation

For not by their own sword did they take possession of the land, neither did their own arm save them; but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst delight in them.

Young's Literal Translation

For, not by their sword Possessed they the land, And their arm gave not salvation to them, But Thy right hand, and Thine arm, And the light of Thy countenance, Because Thou hadst accepted them.

Bible in Basic English

For they did not make the land theirs by their swords, and it was not their arms which kept them safe; but your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your face, because you had pleasure in them.

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Cross references

“For”

Joshua 24:12 Zechariah 4:6 2 Corinthians 4:7 Deuteronomy 4:37 Deuteronomy 4:38 Deuteronomy 8:17

Joshua 24:12 · BSB

I sent the hornet ahead of you, and it drove out the two Amorite kings before you, but not by your own sword or bow.

Zechariah 4:6 · BSB

So he said to me, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the LORD of Hosts.

2 Corinthians 4:7 · BSB

Now we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this surpassingly great power is from God and not from us.

Deuteronomy 4:37 · BSB

Because He loved your fathers, He chose their descendants after them and brought you out of Egypt by His presence and great power,

Deuteronomy 4:38 · BSB

to drive out before you nations greater and mightier than you, and to bring you into their land and give it to you for your inheritance, as it is this day.

Deuteronomy 8:17 · BSB

You might say in your heart, “The power and strength of my hands have made this wealth for me.”

“thy right”

Psalm 20:6 Exodus 15:16 Psalm 17:7 Psalm 74:11 Isaiah 63:12

Psalm 20:6 · BSB

Now I know that the LORD saves His anointed; He answers him from His holy heaven with the saving power of His right hand.

Exodus 15:16 · BSB

and terror and dread will fall on them. By the power of Your arm they will be as still as a stone until Your people pass by, O LORD, until the people You have bought pass by.

Psalm 17:7 · BSB

Show the wonders of Your loving devotion, You who save by Your right hand those who seek refuge from their foes.

Psalm 74:11 · BSB

Why do You withdraw Your strong right hand? Stretch it out to destroy them!

Isaiah 63:12 · BSB

who sent His glorious arm to lead them by the right hand of Moses, who divided the waters before them to gain for Himself everlasting renown,

“light”

Psalm 42:5 Psalm 42:11 Psalm 80:16

Psalm 42:5 · BSB

Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him for the salvation of His presence.

Psalm 42:11 · BSB

Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.

Psalm 80:16 · BSB

Your vine has been cut down and burned; they perish at the rebuke of Your countenance.

“because”

1 Samuel 12:22 Numbers 14:8 Romans 9:10–15 Deuteronomy 7:7 Deuteronomy 7:8 Malachi 1:2

1 Samuel 12:22 · BSB

Indeed, for the sake of His great name, the LORD will not abandon His people, because He was pleased to make you His own.

Numbers 14:8 · BSB

If the LORD delights in us, He will bring us into this land, a land flowing with milk and honey, and He will give it to us.

Romans 9:10–15 · BSB

Not only that, but Rebecca’s children were conceived by one man, our father Isaac.

Deuteronomy 7:7 · BSB

The LORD did not set His affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than the other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples.

Deuteronomy 7:8 · BSB

But because the LORD loved you and kept the oath He swore to your fathers, He brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

Malachi 1:2 · BSB

“I have loved you,” says the LORD. But you ask, “How have You loved us?” “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the LORD. “Yet Jacob I have loved,

Also

Psalm 77:15 Deuteronomy 10:15 Psalm 4:6

Psalm 77:15 · BSB

With power You redeemed Your people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah

Deuteronomy 10:15 · BSB

Yet the LORD has set His affection on your fathers and loved them. And He has chosen you, their descendants after them, above all the peoples, even to this day.

Psalm 4:6 · BSB

Many ask, “Who can show us the good?” Shine the light of Your face upon us, O LORD.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2With Your hand You drove out the nations and planted our fathers there; You crushed the peoples and cast them out.

4You are my King, O God, who ordains victories for Jacob.

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