With God we will perform with valor, and He will trample our enemies.
Parallel translations
- WEB Through God we shall do valiantly, for it is he who will tread down our adversaries.
- KJV Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.
- NKJV Through God we will do valiantly, For it is He who shall tread down our enemies.
- NASB Through God we will do valiantly, And it is He who will trample down our enemies.
- NLT With God’s help we will do mighty things, for he will trample down our foes.
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Quick answer
David affirms that through God his people will act valiantly and God will tread down their foes. The psalm ends in confident faith in God's power.
Overview
From lament over defeat, David rises to assurance that victory comes through God alone, who will trample their enemies. The strength to do valiantly is God's gift, not human achievement. This closing confidence points to the ultimate victory God wins for his people in Christ, who triumphs over every foe.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 14
- Ps 44:5Through You we repel our foes; through Your name we trample our enemies.
- Josh 1:9Have I not commanded you to be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”
- Isa 63:3“I have trodden the winepress alone, and no one from the nations was with Me. I trampled them in My anger and trod them down in My fury; their blood spattered My garments, and all My clothes were stained.
- Rev 19:15And from His mouth proceeds a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with an iron scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.
- 1 Chr 19:13Be strong and let us fight bravely for our people and for the cities of our God. May the LORD do what is good in His sight.”
- Mal 4:3Then you will trample the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day I am preparing,” says the LORD of Hosts.
- Isa 10:6I will send him against a godless nation; I will dispatch him against a people destined for My rage, to take spoils and seize plunder, and to trample them down like clay in the streets.
- Num 24:18–19Edom will become a possession, as will Seir, his enemy; but Israel will perform with valor.
- Zech 10:5They will be like mighty men in battle, trampling the enemy in the mire of the streets. They will fight because the LORD is with them, and they will put the horsemen to shame.
- 2 Sam 10:12Be strong and let us fight bravely for our people and for the cities of our God. May the LORD do what is good in His sight.”
- Ps 144:1Of David. Blessed be the LORD, my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.
- Ps 118:16The right hand of the LORD is exalted! The right hand of the LORD performs with valor!”
- Ps 18:32–42It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way clear.
- Josh 14:12Now therefore give me this hill country that the LORD promised me on that day, for you yourself heard then that the Anakim were there, with great and fortified cities. Perhaps with the LORD’s help I will drive them out, as the LORD has spoken.”
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