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Psalm 44:6

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

4God, you are my King. Command victories for Jacob!
5Through you, we will push down our adversaries. Through your name, we will tread down those who rise up against us.
6For I will not trust in my bow, neither will my sword save me.
7But you have saved us from our adversaries, and have shamed those who hate us.
8In God we have made our boast all day long. We will give thanks to your name forever. Selah.
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Notice

The bow and sword are real weapons in Israel’s battles, yet the speaker refuses to treat the strength in his hands as his hope.

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Where else Scripture says this

7 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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1 Samuel 17:45Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin; but I come to you in the name of the LORD of Armies, the God …Both passages contrast weapons with dependence on God, whose name David invokes as he faces the Philistine.
Psalm 20:7Some trust in chariots, and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.Both psalms reject trust in military strength and direct that trust toward God.
1 Samuel 17:47and that all this assembly may know that the LORD doesn’t save with sword and spear; for the battle is the LORD’s, and he will give you into our hand.”The sword cannot save in either passage; David names the LORD as the one to whom the battle belongs.
Hosea 1:7But I will have mercy on the house of Judah, and will save them by the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, sword, battle, horses, or horsemen.”Both passages name bow and sword as unable to provide the salvation that comes from God.
Psalm 33:16–17There is no king saved by the multitude of an army. A mighty man is not delivered by great strength.Both psalms deny that military resources or personal strength can secure deliverance.
2 Kings 6:22He answered, “You shall not strike them. Would you strike those whom you have taken captive with your sword and with your bow? Set bread and water before them, …Bow and sword appear in both passages, though Kings concerns the treatment of captives rather than where to place trust.
Job 40:14Then I will also admit to you that your own right hand can save you.Both concern whether personal strength can save, though the statement in Job is conditional and the psalm’s refusal is direct.
Where this verse fits

Fear for the future. anxiety or panic. leadership weight.

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Encouragement

Your resources have limits. In Israel’s confession, even a bow and sword cannot secure deliverance; the surrounding verses give God the credit for saving his people.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).