Teks -- Psalms 89:43 (NET)

89:43 You turn back his sword from the adversary, and have not sustained him in battle.

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JFB: Psa 89:40-45 - The ruin is depicted under several figures

A vineyard whose broken "hedges," and "strongholds," whose ruins invite spoilers and invaders; a warrior, whose enemies are aided by God, and whose sword's "edge"--literally, "rock" or "strength" (Jos 5:2) is useless; and a youth prematurely old.

Clarke: Psa 89:43 - Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword

Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword - The arms and military prowess of thy people are no longer of any use to them; Thou art against them, and therefore they are fallen. In what a perilous and hopeless situation must that soldier be who, while defending his life against his mortal foe, has his sword broken, or its edge turned; or, in modern warfare, whose gun misses fire! The Gauls, when invaded by the Romans, had no method of hardening iron; at every blow their swords bended, so that they were obliged, before they could strike again, to put them under their foot or over their knee, to straighten them; and in most cases, before this could be done, their better armed foe had taken away their life! The edge of their sword was turned, so that they could not stand in battle; and hence the Gauls were conquered by the Romans.

TSK: Psa 89:43 - turned // not made

turned : Eze 30:21-25

not made : Lev 26:36, Lev 26:37; Num 14:42, Num 14:45; Jos 7:4, Jos 7:5, Jos 7:8-12; 2Ch 25:8

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Poole: Psa 89:43 - Turned the edge of his sword // Not made him to stand

Turned the edge of his sword so that he can neither offend his enemies, nor defend himself.

Not made him to stand but to flee and fall before his enemies; for more is understood than what is expressed.

Gill: Psa 89:43 - Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword // and hast not made him to stand in the battle

Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword,.... Or the "sharpness" ^a of it blunted it, so that it could do no execution: the disciples of Christ were not allowed the use of the temporal sword to defend their master; and his house, his kingdom, not being of this world, Mat 26:51, other weapons were put into their hands; the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God; and the edge of this was blunted, with respect to the Jews, being of little or no efficacy among them; it was turned off by them, and put away from them; but then it was turned towards the Gentiles, and was powerful and effectual among them; Christ girt it on his thigh, and rode forth in his glory and majesty, conquering, and to conquer, and by it subdued many, who fell under him, and gave up themselves unto him; see Eph 6:17, and ere long, with the twoedged sword, which proceeds out of his mouth, will he smite the antichristian nations; and the remnant of those that escape at the battle of Armageddon shall be slain with it, Rev 19:15,

and hast not made him to stand in the battle; but to fall in it, being delivered up into the hands of wicked men, of justice, and death; and yet, by dying, he put away sin, finished it, made an end of it, and destroyed it; he conquered Satan, and led him captive; overcame the world, the spite and malice of it, and its prince; and abolished death itself.