Psalms 89:43

World English Bible (2000)

Yes, you turn back the edge of his sword, and haven't supported him in battle.

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  • Lev 26:36-37 : 36 "'As for those of you who are left, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies: and the sound of a driven leaf will put them to flight; and they shall flee, as one flees from the sword; and they will fall when no one pursues. 37 They will stumble over one another, as it were before the sword, when no one pursues: and you will have no power to stand before your enemies.
  • Num 14:42 : 42 Don't go up, for Yahweh isn't among you; that you not be struck down before your enemies.
  • Num 14:45 : 45 Then the Amalekite came down, and the Canaanite who lived in that mountain, and struck them and beat them down, even to Hormah.
  • Josh 7:4-5 : 4 So about three thousand men of the people went up there, and they fled before the men of Ai. 5 The men of Ai struck about thirty-six men of them, and they chased them from before the gate even to Shebarim, and struck them at the descent. The hearts of the people melted, and became like water.
  • Josh 7:8-9 : 8 Oh, Lord, what shall I say, after that Israel has turned their backs before their enemies! 9 For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it, and will surround us, and cut off our name from the earth. What will you do for your great name?" 10 Yahweh said to Joshua, "Get up! Why are you fallen on your face like that? 11 Israel has sinned. Yes, they have even transgressed my covenant which I commanded them. Yes, they have even taken of the devoted things, and have also stolen, and also deceived. They have even put it among their own stuff. 12 Therefore the children of Israel can't stand before their enemies. They turn their backs before their enemies, because they have become devoted for destruction. I will not be with you any more, unless you destroy the devoted things from among you.
  • 2 Chr 25:8 : 8 But if you will go, take action, be strong for the battle. God will overthrow you before the enemy; for God has power to help, and to overthrow."
  • Ps 44:10 : 10 You make us turn back from the adversary. Those who 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 behold, it has 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 says the Lord Yahweh: 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 I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries. 24 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 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 Yahweh, when I shall put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall stretch it out on the land of Egypt.

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  • Ps 89:38-42
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    38But you have rejected and spurned. You have been angry with your anointed.

    39You have renounced the covenant of your servant. You have defiled his crown in the dust.

    40You have broken down all his hedges. You have brought his strongholds to ruin.

    41All who pass by the way rob him. He has become a reproach to his neighbors.

    42You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries. You have made all of his enemies rejoice.

  • Ps 89:44-45
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    44You have ended his splendor, and thrown his throne down to the ground.

    45You have shortened the days of his youth. You have covered him with shame. Selah.

  • Ps 18:39-40
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    39For you have armed me with strength to the battle. You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.

    40You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, that I might cut off those who hate me.

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    40For you have armed me with strength for the battle. You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.

    41You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, that I might cut off those who hate me.

  • Ps 44:9-10
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    9But now you rejected us, and brought us to dishonor, and don't go out with our armies.

    10You make us turn back from the adversary. Those who hate us take spoil for themselves.

  • 13You have a mighty arm. Your hand is strong, and your right hand is exalted.

  • Ps 89:22-23
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    22No enemy will tax him. No wicked man will oppress him.

    23I will beat down his adversaries before him, and strike those who hate him.

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

  • Ps 18:34-35
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    34He teaches my hands to war, so that my arms bend a bow of bronze.

    35You have also given me the shield of your salvation. Your right hand sustains me. Your gentleness has made me great.

  • 3Strap your sword on your thigh, mighty one: your splendor and your majesty.

  • 5Your arrows are sharp. The nations fall under you, with arrows in the heart of the king's enemies.

  • 12For you will make them turn their back, when you aim drawn bows at their face.

  • 17Yahweh has done that which he purposed; he has fulfilled his word that he commanded in the days of old; He has thrown down, and has not pitied: He has caused the enemy to rejoice over you; he has exalted the horn of your adversaries.

  • 17For you are the glory of their strength. In your favor, our horn will be exalted.

  • 3For they didn't get the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them; but your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your face, because you were favorable to them.

  • 14Don't stand in the crossroads to cut off those of his who escape. Don't deliver up those of his who remain in the day of distress.

  • 10You have broken Rahab in pieces, like one of the slain. You have scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.

  • 23The quiver rattles against him, the flashing spear and the javelin.

  • 25I will set his hand also on the sea, and his right hand on the rivers.

  • 5The Lord is at your right hand. He will crush kings in the day of his wrath.

  • 11Yahweh has sworn to David in truth. He will not turn from it: "I will set the fruit of your body on your throne.

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

  • 43You have delivered me from the strivings of the people. You have made me the head of the nations. A people whom I have not known shall serve me.

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    35He teaches my hands to war, so that my arms bend a bow of brass.

    36You have also given me the shield of your salvation. Your gentleness has made me great.

  • 44You also have delivered me from the strivings of my people. You have kept me to be the head of the nations. A people whom I have not known will serve me.

  • 3and I will strike your bow out of your left hand, and will cause your arrows to fall out of your right hand.

  • 2Yahweh will send forth the rod of your strength out of Zion. Rule in the midst of your enemies.

  • 33But I will not completely take my loving kindness from him, nor allow my faithfulness to fail.

  • 26If one attacks him with the sword, it can't prevail; nor the spear, the dart, nor the pointed shaft.

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

  • 43You have covered with anger and pursued us; you have killed, you have not pitied.

  • 6For you make him most blessed forever. You make him glad with joy in your presence.

  • 28The arrow can't make him flee. Sling stones are like chaff to him.

  • 28But you shall be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised, and shall lie with those who are slain by the sword.

  • 18Because you didn't obey the voice of Yahweh, and didn't execute his fierce wrath on Amalek, therefore Yahweh has done this thing to you this day.

  • 11It is given to be furbished, that it may be handled: the sword, it is sharpened, yes, it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the killer.