5 Through you we push back our enemies; through your name we trample our foes.
5 Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
5 Through you we push down our foes; through your name we tread down those who rise up against us.
5 With your help we'll wipe out our enemies, in your name we'll stomp them to dust.
5 Through You we will push down our enemies; Through Your name we will trample those who rise up against us.
5 Only by your power can we push back our enemies; only in your name can we trample our foes.
541 Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me by thy strength.
541 O God, save me by your name, and vindicate me by your might.
541 God, for your sake, help me! Use your influence to clear me.
541 To the Chief Musician. With stringed instruments. A Contemplation of David when the Ziphites went and said to Saul, 'Is David not hiding with us?' Save me, O God, by Your name, And vindicate me by Your strength.
541 Come with great power, OÂ God, and rescue me! Defend me with your might.
(Read Psalm 54:1-3)
God is faithful, though men are not to be trusted, and it is well for us it is so. David has no other plea to depend upon than God's name, no other power to depend upon than God's strength, and these he makes his refuge and confidence. This would be the effectual answer to his prayers. Looking unto David, betrayed by the men of Judah, and to Jesus, betrayed by one of his apostles, what can we expect from any who have not set God before them, save ingratitude, treachery, malice, and cruelty? What bonds of nature, or friendship, or gratitude, or covenant, will hold those that have broken through the fear of God? Selah; Mark this. Let us set God before us at all times; for if we do not, we are in danger of despair.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 44:5
Commentary on Psalm 44:1-8
(Read Psalm 44:1-8)
Former experiences of God's power and goodness are strong supports to faith, and powerful pleas in prayer under present calamities. The many victories Israel obtained, were not by their own strength or merit, but by God's favour and free grace. The less praise this allows us, the more comfort it affords, that we may see all as coming from the favour of God. He fought for Israel, else they had fought in vain. This is applicable to the planting of the Christian church in the world, which was not by any human policy or power. Christ, by his Spirit, went forth conquering and to conquer; and he that planted a church for himself in the world, will support it by the same power and goodness. They trusted and triumphed in and through him. Let him that glories, glory in the Lord. But if they have the comfort of his name, let them give unto him the glory due unto it.