Psalms 89:43
Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.
Context
This verse from Psalms Chapter 89 connects to 10 cross-references. A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite — the longest psalm in Book III — begins with extensive praise of God's covenant with David: his throne will endure as the sun. But the second half is a devastating lament that God …
Other Translations
Yea, thou turnest back the edge of his sword, And hast not made him to stand in the battle.
Also--Thou turnest back the sharpness of his sword, And hast not established him in battle,
His sword is turned back; you have not been his support in the fight.
Cross References
And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands …
And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword, when none pursueth: and ye shall have …
Go not up, for the Lord is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies.
Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even …
So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai.
And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for they chased them from before the …
O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies!
Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they …
But if thou wilt go, do it, be strong for the battle: God shall make thee fall before the enemy: …
Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.