Psalms 18:39
You have armed me with strength for battle; You have subdued my foes beneath me.
BSB
ASV
For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
KJV
For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle - See the note at Psa 18:32. Compare Job 12:18; Pro 31:17. Thou hast subdued under me - Margin, as in Hebrew, caused to bow. That is, God had caused them to submit to him; he had enabled him to overcome them; still acknowledging that all this was from God, and that the praise was due to Him, and not to the power of his own arm.
It is impossible to be too frequent in the duty of ascribing all our victories to the God of our salvation. It is true that we have to wrestle with our spiritual antagonists, but the triumph is far more the Lord's than ours. We must not boast like the ambitious votaries of vainglory, but we may exult as the willing and believing instruments in the Lord's hand of accomplishing his great designs.
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Ephesians 1:22And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the church,
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And He is the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning and firstborn from among the dead, so that in all things He may have preeminence.
And you have been made complete in Christ, who is the head over every ruler and authority.
For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet.
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Psalms 18:32It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way clear.
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I am the LORD, and there is no other; there is no God but Me. I will equip you for battle, though you have not known Me,
The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart rejoices, and I give thanks to Him with my song.
Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.
God is my strong fortress and He makes my way clear.
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Isaiah 45:14This is what the LORD says: “The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush, along with the Sabeans, men of stature, will come over to you and will be yours; they will trudge…
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Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow to you facedown and lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD;…