KJV King James Version
Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.
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Psalm 44:4
Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
You are my King, O God, who ordains victories for Jacob.
WEB World English Bible
You are my King, God. Command victories for Jacob!
ASV American Standard Version
Thou art my King, O God: Command deliverance for Jacob.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Thou art He, my king, O God, Command the deliverances of Jacob.
Surrounding context — Psalm 44
1 To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil. We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, [what] work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.
2 [How] thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; [how] thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.
3 For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.
4 Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.
5 Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
6 For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
7 But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.
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Psalm 74:12For God [is] my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.Psalm 42:8[Yet] the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song [shall be] with me, [and] my prayer unto the God of my life.Psalm 149:2Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.Psalm 89:18For the LORD [is] our defence; and the Holy One of Israel [is] our king.Mark 9:25When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, [Thou] dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him.Mark 1:41And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth [his] hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean.Mark 1:31And he came and took her by the hand, and lifted her up; and immediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them.Mark 1:25-26And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him.Isaiah 33:22For the LORD [is] our judge, the LORD [is] our lawgiver, the LORD [is] our king; he will save us.
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