Psalm 89:43 {88:44}
Good News Translation
You have made his weapons useless and let him be defeated in battle.

New Revised Standard Version
Moreover, you have turned back the edge of his sword, and you have not supported him in battle.

Contemporary English Version
But you forced him to retreat because you did not fight on his side.

New American Bible
You turned back his sharp sword, did not support him in battle.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Thou hast turned away the help of his sword; and hast not assisted him in battle.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Thou hast turned away the help of his sword; and hast not assisted him in battle.

turned

Ezekiel 30:21-25 Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharao king of Egypt: and behold it is not bound up, to be healed, to be tied up with clothes, and swathed with linen, that it might recover strength, and hold the sword. . . .

not made

Leviticus 26:36,37 And as to them that shall remain of you I will send fear in their hearts in the countries of their enemies. The sound of a flying leaf shall terrify them: and they shall flee as it were from the sword. They shall fall, when no man pursueth them. . . .

Numbers 14:42,45 Go not up, for the Lord is not with you: lest you fall before your enemies. . . .

Joshua 7:4,5,8-12 There went up therefore three thousand fighting men: who immediately turned their backs, . . .

2 Chronicles 25:8 And if thou think that battles consist in the strength of the army, God will make thee to be overcome by the enemies: for it belongeth to God both to help, and to put to flight.

Context
I Will Sing of His Love Forever
42Thou hast set up the right hand of them that oppress him: thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice. 43Thou hast turned away the help of his sword; and hast not assisted him in battle.44Thou hast made his purification to cease: and thou hast cast his throne down to the ground.…
Cross References
Psalm 44:10
But now thou hast cast us off, and put us to shame: and thou , O God, wilt not go out with our armies.

Psalm 89:44
Thou hast made his purification to cease: and thou hast cast his throne down to the ground.

Psalm 89:42
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