Psalms 89:43

Bible in Basic English (1941)

His sword is turned back; you have not been his support in the fight.

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  • Lev 26:36-37 : 36 And as for the rest of you, I will make their hearts feeble in the land of their haters, and the sound of a leaf moved by the wind will send them in flight, and they will go in flight as from the sword, falling down when no one comes after them; 37 Falling on one another, as before the sword, when no one comes after them; you will give way before your haters.
  • Num 14:42 : 42 Go not up, for the Lord is not with you, and you will be overcome by those who are fighting against you.
  • Num 14:45 : 45 Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites who were living in the hill-country, and overcame them completely, driving them back as far as Hormah.
  • Josh 7:4-5 : 4 So about three thousand of the people went up, and were sent in flight by the men of Ai. 5 The men of Ai put to death about thirty-six of them, driving them from before the town as far as the stoneworks, and overcoming them on the way down: and the hearts of the people became like water.
  • Josh 7:8-9 : 8 O Lord, what am I to say now that Israel have given way before their attackers? 9 For when the news comes to the Canaanites and all the people of the land, they will come up, shutting us in and cutting off our name from the earth: and what will you do for the honour of your great name? 10 Then the Lord said to Joshua, Get up; what are you doing with your face to the earth? 11 Israel has done wrong, sinning against the agreement which I made with them: they have even taken of the cursed thing; acting falsely like thieves they have put it among their goods. 12 For this reason the children of Israel have given way, turning their backs in flight before their attackers, because they are cursed: I will no longer be with you, if you do not put the cursed thing away from among you.
  • 2 Chr 25:8 : 8 But go yourself, and be strong in war; God will not let you go down before those who are fighting against you; for God has power to give help or to send you down before your attackers.
  • Ps 44:10 : 10 Because of this we are turned back by the attacker: those who have hate for us take our goods for themselves.
  • Ezek 30:21-25 : 21 Son of man, the arm of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, has been broken by me, and no band has been put round it to make it well, no band has been twisted round it to make it strong for gripping the sword. 22 For this cause the Lord has said: See, I am against Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and by me his strong arm will be broken; and I will make the sword go out of his hand. 23 And I will send the Egyptians in flight among the nations and wandering through the countries. 24 And I will make the arms of the king of Babylon strong, and will put my sword in his hand: but Pharaoh's arms will be broken, and he will give cries of pain before him like the cries of a man wounded to death. 25 And I will make the arms of the king of Babylon strong, and the arms of Pharaoh will be hanging down; and they will be certain that I am the Lord, when I put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon and it is stretched out against the land of Egypt.

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    38 But you have put him away in disgust; you have been angry with the king of your selection.

    39 You have made your agreement with your servant of no effect: you have had no respect for his crown, it has come down even to the earth.

    40 All his walls are broken down; you have given his strong towers to destruction.

    41 All those who come by take away his goods; he is laughed at by his neighbours.

    42 You have given power to the right hand of his haters; you have made glad all those who are against him.

  • Ps 89:44-45
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    44 You have put an end to his glory: the seat of his kingdom has been levelled to the earth.

    45 You have made him old before his time; he is covered with shame. (Selah.)

  • Ps 18:39-40
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    39 For I have been armed by you with strength for the fight: you have made low under me those who come out against me.

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  • 2 Sam 22:40-41
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    40 For I have been armed by you with strength for the fight: you have made low under me those who came out against me.

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  • Ps 44:9-10
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    9 But now you have sent us away from you, and put us to shame; you do not go out with our armies.

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  • Ps 89:13
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    13 Yours is an arm of power; strong is your hand and high your right hand.

  • Ps 89:22-23
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    22 The deceit of those who are against him will not overcome him; he will not be troubled by the sons of evil.

    23 I will have those who are against him broken before his face, and his haters will be crushed under my blows.

  • Isa 49:2
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    2 And he has made my mouth like a sharp sword, in the shade of his hand he has kept me; and he has made me like a polished arrow, keeping me in his secret place;

  • Ps 18:34-35
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    34 He makes my hands expert in war, so that a bow of brass is bent by my arms.

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  • Ps 45:3
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    3 Put on your sword, make it ready at your side, O strong chief, with your glory and power.

  • Ps 45:5
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    5 Your arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's haters; because of them the peoples are falling under you.

  • Ps 21:12
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    12 Their backs will be turned when you make ready the cords of your bow against their faces.

  • Lam 2:17
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    17 The Lord has done that which was his purpose; he has put into force the orders which he gave in the days which are past; pulling down without pity, he has made your hater glad over you, lifting up the horn of those who were against you.

  • Ps 89:17
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    17 For you are the glory of their strength; in your pleasure will our horn be lifted up.

  • Ps 44:3
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    3 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.

  • Obad 1:14
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    14 And do not take your place at the cross-roads, cutting off those of his people who get away; and do not give up to their haters those who are still there in the day of trouble.

  • Ps 89:10
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    10 Rahab was crushed by you like one wounded to death; with your strong arm you put to flight all your haters.

  • Job 39:23
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    23 Is it through you that he is shaking like a locust, in the pride of his loud-sounding breath?

  • Ps 89:25
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    25 I will put his hand in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.

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    5 In the day of his wrath kings will be wounded by the Lord at your right hand.

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    6 I will not put faith in my bow, my sword will not be my salvation.

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    35 He makes my hands expert in war, so that a bow of brass is bent by my arms.

    36 You have given me the breastplate of your salvation, and your mercy has made me great.

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    44 You have made me free from the fightings of my people; you have made me the head of the nations: a people of whom I had no knowledge will be my servants.

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    3 And with a blow I will send your bow out of your left hand and your arrows falling from your right hand.

  • Ps 110:2
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    2 The Lord will send out the rod of your strength from Zion; be king over your haters.

  • Ps 89:33
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    33 But I will not take away my mercy from him, and will not be false to my faith.

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    17 Let your hand be on the man of your right hand, on the son of man whom you made strong for yourself.

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    43 Covering yourself with wrath you have gone after us, cutting us off without pity;

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    6 For you have made him a blessing for ever: you have given him joy in the light of your face.

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    28 But you will have your bed among those without circumcision, and will be put to rest with those who have been put to death with the sword.

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    18 Because you did not do what the Lord said, and did not give effect to his burning wrath against Amalek. So the Lord has done this thing to you today.

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    11 And I have given it to the polisher so that it may be taken in the hand: he has made the sword sharp, he has had it polished, to put it into the hand of him who gives death.