Psalms 44:3

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For they did not conquer the land by their swords, and they did not prevail by their strength, but rather by your power, strength and good favor, for you were partial to them.

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Referenced Verses

  • Josh 24:12 : 12 I sent terror ahead of you to drive out before you the two Amorite kings. I gave you the victory; it was not by your swords or bows.
  • Deut 7:7-8 : 7 The Basis of Israel’s Election It is not because you were more numerous than all the other peoples that the LORD favored and chose you– for in fact you were the least numerous of all peoples. 8 Rather it is because of his love for you and his faithfulness to the promise he solemnly vowed to your ancestors that the LORD brought you out with great power, redeeming you from the place of slavery, from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
  • Deut 8:17-18 : 17 Be careful not to say,“My own ability and skill have gotten me this wealth.” 18 You must remember the LORD your God, for he is the one who gives ability to get wealth; if you do this he will confirm his covenant that he made by oath to your ancestors, even as he has to this day.
  • Deut 10:15 : 15 However, only to your ancestors did he show his loving favor, and he chose you, their descendants, from all peoples– as is apparent today.
  • Exod 15:16 : 16 Fear and dread will fall on them; by the greatness of your arm they will be as still as stone until your people pass by, O LORD, until the people whom you have bought pass by.
  • Num 14:8 : 8 If the LORD delights in us, then he will bring us into this land and give it to us– a land that is flowing with milk and honey.
  • Deut 4:37-38 : 37 Moreover, because he loved your ancestors, he chose their descendants who followed them and personally brought you out of Egypt with his great power 38 to dispossess nations greater and stronger than you and brought you here this day to give you their land as your property.
  • Isa 63:12 : 12 the one who made his majestic power available to Moses, who divided the water before them, gaining for himself a lasting reputation,
  • Zech 4:6 : 6 Therefore he told me,“This is the LORD’s message to Zerubbabel:‘Not by strength and not by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.”
  • Mal 1:2-3 : 2 “I have shown love to you,” says the LORD, but you say,“How have you shown love to us?”“Esau was Jacob’s brother,” the LORD explains,“yet I chose Jacob 3 and rejected Esau. I turned Esau’s mountains into a deserted wasteland and gave his territory to the wild jackals.”
  • Rom 9:10-15 : 10 Not only that, but when Rebekah had conceived children by one man, our ancestor Isaac– 11 even before they were born or had done anything good or bad(so that God’s purpose in election would stand, not by works but by his calling)– 12 it was said to her,“The older will serve the younger,” 13 just as it is written:“Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.” 14 What shall we say then? Is there injustice with God? Absolutely not! 15 For he says to Moses:“I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
  • 2 Cor 4:7 : 7 An Eternal Weight of Glory But we have this treasure in clay jars, so that the extraordinary power belongs to God and does not come from us.
  • 1 Sam 12:22 : 22 The LORD will not abandon his people because he wants to uphold his great reputation. The LORD was pleased to make you his own people.
  • Ps 4:6 : 6 Many say,“Who can show us anything good?” Smile upon us, LORD!
  • Ps 17:7 : 7 Accomplish awesome, faithful deeds, you who powerfully deliver those who look to you for protection from their enemies.
  • Ps 20:6 : 6 Now I am sure that the LORD will deliver his chosen king; he will intervene for him from his holy heavenly temple, and display his mighty ability to deliver.
  • Ps 42:5 : 5 Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset? Wait for God! For I will again give thanks to my God for his saving intervention.
  • Ps 42:11 : 11 Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset? Wait for God! For I will again give thanks to my God for his saving intervention.
  • Ps 74:11 : 11 Why do you remain inactive? Intervene and destroy him!
  • Ps 77:15 : 15 You delivered your people by your strength– the children of Jacob and Joseph.(Selah)
  • Ps 80:16 : 16 It is burned and cut down. They die because you are displeased with them.

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    2You, by your power, defeated nations and settled our fathers on their land; you crushed the people living there and enabled our ancestors to occupy it.

  • Ps 44:4-7
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    4You are my king, O God! Decree Jacob’s deliverance!

    5By your power we will drive back our enemies; by your strength we will trample down our foes!

    6For I do not trust in my bow, and I do not prevail by my sword.

    7For you deliver us from our enemies; you humiliate those who hate us.

  • Deut 9:4-6
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    4Do not think to yourself after the LORD your God has driven them out before you,“Because of my own righteousness the LORD has brought me here to possess this land.” It is because of the wickedness of these nations that the Lord is driving them out ahead of you.

    5It is not because of your righteousness, or even your inner uprightness, that you have come here to possess their land. Instead, because of the wickedness of these nations the LORD your God is driving them out ahead of you in order to confirm the promise he made on oath to your ancestors, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

    6Understand, therefore, that it is not because of your righteousness that the LORD your God is about to give you this good land as a possession, for you are a stubborn people!

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    17For you give them splendor and strength. By your favor we are victorious.

  • Ps 89:13
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    13Your arm is powerful, your hand strong, your right hand victorious.

  • Deut 9:29
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    29They are your people, your valued property, whom you brought out with great strength and power.

  • Ps 17:7
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    7Accomplish awesome, faithful deeds, you who powerfully deliver those who look to you for protection from their enemies.

  • Neh 9:24-25
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    24Their descendants entered and possessed the land. You subdued before them the Canaanites who were the inhabitants of the land. You delivered them into their hand, together with their kings and the peoples of the land, to deal with as they pleased.

    25They captured fortified cities and fertile land. They took possession of houses full of all sorts of good things– wells previously dug, vineyards, olive trees, and fruit trees in abundance. They ate until they were full and grew fat. They enjoyed to the full your great goodness.

  • Exod 15:6
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    6Your right hand, O LORD, was majestic in power, your right hand, O LORD, shattered the enemy.

  • Ps 118:15-16
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    15They celebrate deliverance in the tents of the godly. The LORD’s right hand conquers,

    16the LORD’s right hand gives victory, the LORD’s right hand conquers.

  • Deut 33:29
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    29You have joy, Israel! Who is like you? You are a people delivered by the LORD, your protective shield and your exalted sword. May your enemies cringe before you; may you trample on their backs.

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    5Deliver by your power and answer me, so that the ones you love may be safe.

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    54He brought them to the border of his holy land, to this mountainous land which his right hand acquired.

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    43You turn back his sword from the adversary, and have not sustained him in battle.

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    35You give me your protective shield; your right hand supports me; your willingness to help enables me to prevail.

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    44He handed the territory of nations over to them, and they took possession of what other peoples had produced,

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    27Therefore you delivered them into the hand of their adversaries, who oppressed them. But in the time of their distress they called to you, and you heard from heaven. In your abundant compassion you provided them with deliverers to rescue them from their adversaries.

    28“Then, when they were at rest again, they went back to doing evil before you. Then you abandoned them to their enemies, and they gained dominion over them. When they again cried out to you, in your compassion you heard from heaven and rescued them time and again.

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    6Deliver by your power and answer me, so that the ones you love may be safe.

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    47and all this assembly will know that it is not by sword or spear that the LORD saves! For the battle is the LORD’s, and he will deliver you into our hand.”

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    11Look how they are repaying us! They come to drive us out of our allotted land which you assigned to us!

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    27Then they will realize this is your work, and that you, LORD, have accomplished it.

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    11O LORD, you are ready to act, but they don’t even notice. They will see and be put to shame by your angry judgment against humankind, yes, fire will consume your enemies.

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    17May you give support to the one you have chosen, to the one whom you raised up for yourself!

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    10the one who delivers kings, and rescued David his servant from a deadly sword.

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    22“You gave them kingdoms and peoples, and you allocated them to every corner of the land. They inherited the land of King Sihon of Heshbon and the land of King Og of Bashan.

  • Ps 77:15
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    15You delivered your people by your strength– the children of Jacob and Joseph.(Selah)

  • Exod 15:12
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    12You stretched out your right hand, the earth swallowed them.

  • Neh 9:35
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    35Even when they were in their kingdom and benefiting from your incredible goodness that you had lavished on them in the spacious and fertile land you had set before them, they did not serve you, nor did they turn from their evil practices.

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    27The everlasting God is a refuge, and underneath you are his eternal arms; he has driven out enemies before you, and has said,“Destroy!”

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    39You give me strength for battle; you make my foes kneel before me.

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    17He assigns them their allotment; he measures out their assigned place. They will live there permanently; they will settle in it through successive generations.

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    5I looked, but there was no one to help; I was shocked because there was no one offering support. So my right arm accomplished deliverance; my raging anger drove me on.

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    40You give me strength for battle; you make my foes kneel before me.

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    16No king is delivered by his vast army; a warrior is not saved by his great might.

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    12the one who made his majestic power available to Moses, who divided the water before them, gaining for himself a lasting reputation,

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    42They cry out, but there is no one to help them; they cry out to the LORD, but he does not answer them.

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    18He told them,“The LORD your God is with you! He has made you secure on every side, for he handed over to me the inhabitants of the region and the region is subdued before the LORD and his people.

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