Psalms 89:17

For you give them splendor and strength. ¹  By your favor we are victorious. ² 

1Sa 2:1,10; Ps 28:7; Ps 75:10; Ps 89:24; Ps 92:10; Ps 112:9; Ps 132:17; Ps 148:14; 1Co 1:30,31; 2Co 12:9,10; Php 4:13

¹ tn Heb “for the splendor of their strength [is] you.”

² tn Heb “you lift up our horn,” or if one follows the marginal reading (Qere), “our horn is lifted up.” The horn of an ox underlies the metaphor (see Deut 33:17; 1 Kgs 22:11; Ps 92:10). The horn of the wild ox is frequently a metaphor for military strength; the idiom “exalt/lift up the horn” signifies military victory (see 1 Sam 2:10; Pss 75:10; 89:24; 92:10; Lam 2:17).