By your power ¹  we will drive back ²  our enemies; by your strength ³  we will trample down ⁴  our foes! ⁵ 

biblegateway Psa 44:5

Through You we will push back our adversaries; Through Your name we will trample down those who rise up against us.

Through You we drive back our foes; through Your name we trample our enemies.

With you we can walk over our enemies. With your name we can trample those who attack us.

biblegateway Psa 44:5

Through you we push back our enemies; through your name we trample our foes.

Through you we push down our foes; through your name we tread down those who rise up against us.

bibleoremus Psa 44:5

Through you we push down our foes; through your name we tread down our assailants.

By your help we shall throw back our enemies, in your name we shall trample down our assailants.

biblegateway Psa 44:5

Through You we will push down our enemies; Through Your name we will trample those who rise up against us.

Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.

biblegateway Psa 44:5

By your power ¹  we will drive back ²  our enemies; by your strength ³  we will trample down ⁴  our foes! ⁵ 

¹ tn Heb “by you.”

² tn Heb “gore” (like an ox). If this portion of the psalm contains the song of confidence/petition the Israelites recited prior to battle, then the imperfects here and in the next line may express their expectation of victory. Another option is that the imperfects function in an emphatic generalizing manner. In this case one might translate, “you [always] drive back…you [always] trample down.”

² sn The Hebrew verb translated “drive back” is literally “gore”; the imagery is that of a powerful wild ox that “gores” its enemies and tramples them underfoot.

³ tn Heb “in your name.” The Lord’s “name” refers here to his revealed character or personal presence. Specifically in this context his ability to deliver, protect, and energize for battle is in view (see Ps 54:1).

⁴ sn The image of the powerful wild ox continues; see the note on the phrase “drive back” in the preceding line.

⁵ tn Heb “those who rise up [against] us.”