Psa 44:5-7 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 5. Through thee will we push down ] Through thy WORD, bemeimra , "Thy substantial Word."- Chaldee . If thou be with us, who can be successfully against us? Literally "We will toss them in the air with our horn;" a metaphor taken from an ox or bull tossing the dogs into the air which attack him. Through thy name ] Jehovah; the infinite, the omnipotent, the eternal Being; whose power none is able to resist.

‏ Psalms 44:5-7

Verse 5. Through thee will we push down] Through thy WORD, bemeimra, "Thy substantial Word."-Chaldee. If thou be with us, who can be successfully against us? Literally "We will toss them in the air with our horn;" a metaphor taken from an ox or bull tossing the dogs into the air which attack him.

Through thy name] Jehovah; the infinite, the omnipotent, the eternal Being; whose power none is able to resist.

Verse 6. I will not trust in my bow] As he is speaking of what God had already done for his forefathers, these words should be read in the past tense: "We have not trusted," &c.