Psalms

Psalm 44:6–8

6For I do not trust in my bow,

nor does my sword save me.b

7For You save us from our enemies;

You put those who hate us to shame.

8In God we have boasted all day long,

and Your name we will praise forever.

Selah

Footnotes

  • b 44:6 Or give me victory; similarly in verse 7

Read all of Psalm 44

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

Psalm 44:6

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Forכִּ֤יkîConjunctionH3588 burning, branding
I do notלֹ֣אlōAdverb - Negative particleH3808 not
trustאֶבְטָ֑ח’eḇ·ṭāḥVerb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singularH982 trust
in my bowבְקַשְׁתִּ֣יḇə·qaš·tîPreposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singularH7198 bow
nor does my swordוְ֝חַרְבִּ֗יwə·ḥar·bîConjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singularH2719 sword
save meתוֹשִׁיעֵֽנִי׃ṯō·wō·šî·‘ê·nîVerb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person feminine singular; first person common singularH3467 deliver

Psalm 44:7

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Forכִּ֣יkîConjunctionH3588 burning, branding
You save usה֭וֹשַׁעְתָּנוּhō·wō·ša‘·tā·nūVerb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singular; first person common pluralH3467 deliver
from our enemiesמִצָּרֵ֑ינוּmiṣ·ṣā·rê·nūPreposition-m; Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common pluralH6862 narrow, tight
You put those who hate usוּמְשַׂנְאֵ֥ינוּū·mə·śan·’ê·nūConjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural construct; first person common pluralH8130 hate
to shameהֱבִישֽׁוֹתָ׃hĕ·ḇî·šō·w·ṯāVerb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singularH954 be ashamed

Psalm 44:8

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
In Godבֵּֽ֭אלֹהִיםbê·lō·hîmPreposition-b; Noun - masculine pluralH430 God
we have boastedהִלַּלְ֣נוּhil·lal·nūVerb - Piel - Perfect - first person common pluralH1984 shine
all day longכָל־ḵālNoun - masculine singular constructH3605 the whole, all
and Your nameוְשִׁמְךָ֓׀wə·šim·ḵāConjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singularH8034 name
we will praiseנוֹדֶ֣הnō·w·ḏehVerb - Hifil - Imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common pluralH3034 throw, cast
foreverלְעוֹלָ֖םlə·‘ō·w·lāmPreposition-l; Noun - masculine singularH5769 long duration, antiquity, futurity
Selahסֶֽלָה׃se·lāhInterjectionH5542 lift up

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Psalm 44:6 1 Samuel 17:47 · Hosea 1:7 · Psalm 20:7 · Psalm 33:16–17

Psalm 44:7 Psalm 140:7 · Psalm 136:24 · Psalm 132:18 · Joshua 1:5 · Joshua 23:9–10 · Joshua 10:42 · Psalm 144:10 · Psalm 53:5 · Psalm 83:1–18 · Psalm 40:14

Psalm 44:8 Psalm 34:2 · Jeremiah 9:24 · 1 Corinthians 1:29–31 · Romans 2:17 · Psalm 30:12 · Isaiah 45:25 · Psalm 115:1–18

Cross-references from OpenBible.info, used under CC BY 4.0. The best-supported references for each verse are shown.

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.