Psalms 44:2

2 With your hand you drove out the nations and planted our ancestors; you crushed the peoples and made our ancestors flourish.

Psalms 44:2 in Other Translations

KJV
2 How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.
ESV
2 you with your own hand drove out the nations, but them you planted; you afflicted the peoples, but them you set free;
NLT
2 You drove out the pagan nations by your power and gave all the land to our ancestors. You crushed their enemies and set our ancestors free.
MSG
2 How single-handedly you weeded out the godless from the fields and planted us, How you sent those people packing but gave us a fresh start.
CSB
2 to plant them, You drove out the nations with Your hand; to settle them, You crushed the peoples.

Psalms 44:2 In-Context

1 We have heard it with our ears, O God; our ancestors have told us what you did in their days, in days long ago.
2 With your hand you drove out the nations and planted our ancestors; you crushed the peoples and made our ancestors flourish.
3 It was not by their sword that they won the land, nor did their arm bring them victory; it was your right hand, your arm, and the light of your face, for you loved them.
4 You are my King and my God, who decrees victories for Jacob.
5 Through you we push back our enemies; through your name we trample our foes.

Cross References 4

  • 1. S Joshua 3:10; Acts 7:45; Psalms 78:55
  • 2. S Exodus 15:17; S Isaiah 60:21
  • 3. S Judges 4:23; S 2 Chronicles 14:13
  • 4. Psalms 80:9; Jeremiah 32:23
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