Psalms 89:43

American Standard Version (1901)

Yea, thou turnest back the edge of his sword, And hast not made him to stand in the battle.

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  • Lev 26:36-37 : 36 And as for them that are left of you, I will send a faintness into their heart in the lands of their enemies: and the sound of a driven leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as one fleeth from the sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth. 37 And they shall stumble one upon another, as it were before the sword, when none pursueth: and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies.
  • Num 14:42 : 42 Go not up, for Jehovah is not among you; that ye be not smitten down before your enemies.
  • Num 14:45 : 45 Then the Amalekite came down, and the Canaanite who dwelt in that mountain, and smote them and beat them down, even unto Hormah.
  • Josh 7:4-5 : 4 So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai. 5 And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men; and they chased them [from] before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them at the descent; and the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.
  • Josh 7:8-9 : 8 Oh, Lord, what shall I say, after that Israel hath turned their backs before their enemies! 9 For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it, and will compass us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do for thy great name? 10 And Jehovah said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore art thou thus fallen upon thy face? 11 Israel hath sinned; yea, they have even transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: yea, they have even taken of the devoted thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also; and they have even put it among their own stuff. 12 Therefore the children of Israel cannot stand before their enemies; they turn their backs before their enemies, because they are become accursed: I will not be with you any more, except ye destroy the devoted thing from among you.
  • 2 Chr 25:8 : 8 But if thou wilt go, do [valiantly], be strong for the battle: God will cast thee down before the enemy; for God hath power to help, and to cast down.
  • Ps 44:10 : 10 Thou makest us to turn back from the adversary; And they that hate us take spoil for themselves.
  • Ezek 30:21-25 : 21 Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, lo, it hath not been bound up, to apply [healing] medicines, to put a bandage to bind it, that it be strong to hold the sword. 22 Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong [arm], and that which was broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand. 23 And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries. 24 And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand: but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man. 25 And I will hold up the arms of the king of Babylon; and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; and they shall know that I am Jehovah, when I shall put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall stretch it out upon the land of Egypt.

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    38But thou hast cast off and rejected, Thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.

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    44Thou hast made his brightness to cease, And cast his throne down to the ground.

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    39For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.

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    40For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle; Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.

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  • Ps 44:9-10
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  • Ps 89:13
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    13Thou hast a mighty arm; Strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.

  • Ps 89:22-23
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    22The enemy shall not exact from him, Nor the son of wickedness afflict him.

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    2and he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me: and he hath made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he kept me close:

  • Ps 18:34-35
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    34He teacheth my hands to war; So that mine arms do bend a bow of brass.

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    3Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O mighty one, Thy glory and thy majesty.

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    5Thine arrows are sharp; The peoples fall under thee; [They are] in the heart of the king's enemies.

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    12For thou wilt make them turn their back; Thou wilt make ready with thy bowstrings against their face.

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    17Jehovah hath done that which he purposed; He hath fulfilled his word that he commanded in the days of old; He hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: And he hath caused the enemy to rejoice over thee; He hath exalted the horn of thine adversaries.

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    17For thou art the glory of their strength; And in thy favor our horn shall be exalted.

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    3For 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.

  • Obad 1:14
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    10Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; Thou hast scattered thine enemies with the arm of thy strength.

  • Job 39:23
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    23The quiver rattleth against him, The flashing spear and the javelin.

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    6For I will not trust in my bow, Neither shall my sword save me.

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  • 2 Sam 22:35-36
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    35He teacheth my hands to war, So that mine arms do bend a bow of brass.

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    3and I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.

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    2Jehovah will send forth the rod of thy strength out of Zion: Rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.

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    33But my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, Nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.

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    26If one lay at him with the sword, it cannot avail; Nor the spear, the dart, nor the pointed shaft.

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    28The arrow cannot make him flee: Sling-stones are turned with him into stubble.

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    28But thou shalt be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised, and shalt lie with them that are slain by the sword.

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    18Because thou obeyedst not the voice of Jehovah, and didst not execute his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath Jehovah done this thing unto thee this day.

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    11And it is given to be furbished, that it may be handled: the sword, it is sharpened, yea, it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer.