Through God we shall do valiantly, for it is he who will tread down our adversaries.
Parallel translations
- KJV Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.
- BSB With God we will perform with valor, and He will trample 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, will we push down our adversaries. Through your name, will we tread them under who rise up against us.
- Josh 1:9Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be dismayed, for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.”
- Isa 63:3“I have trodden the wine press alone; and of the peoples, no one was with me: Yes, I trod them in my anger, and trampled them in my wrath. Their lifeblood is sprinkled on my garments, and I have stained all my clothing.
- Rev 19:15Out of his mouth proceeds a sharp, double-edged sword, that with it he should strike the nations. He will rule them with an iron rod. He treads the wine press of the fierceness of the wrath of God, the Almighty.
- 1 Chr 19:13Be courageous, and let us be strong for our people and for the cities of our God. May Yahweh do that which seems good to him.”
- Mal 4:3You shall tread down the wicked; for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I make,” says Yahweh of Armies.
- Isa 10:6I will send him against a profane nation, and against the people who anger me will I give him a command to take the plunder and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
- Num 24:18–19Edom shall be a possession. Seir, his enemies, also shall be a possession, while Israel does valiantly.
- Zech 10:5They shall be as mighty men, treading down muddy streets in the battle; and they shall fight, because Yahweh is with them; and the riders on horses will be confounded.
- 2 Sam 10:12Be courageous, and let us be strong for our people, and for the cities of our God; and may Yahweh do what seems good to him.”
- Ps 144:1By David. Blessed be Yahweh, my rock, who teaches my hands to war, and my fingers to battle:
- Ps 118:16The right hand of Yahweh is exalted! The right hand of Yahweh does valiantly!”
- Ps 18:32–42the God who arms me with strength, and makes my way perfect?
- Josh 14:12Now therefore give me this hill country, of which Yahweh spoke in that day; for you heard in that day how the Anakim were there, and great and fortified cities. It may be that Yahweh will be with me, and I shall drive them out, as Yahweh said.”
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