Psalm 44:5 Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
David attributes the defeat of their enemies to the Lord and to His name. In the Exodus, through the wilderness, in the promised land, and as an established kingdom it was through the Lord and His name that God’s people pushed down and trod under the enemies of God and His people. The gods of Egypt and the pagan gods of the land of Canaan were the enemies fighting to keep God’s people in bondage and prevent their possession of the Promised Land. David acknowledges that it was God, and not themselves, that secured victory over the Enemy.
We have spiritual enemies that are eager to keep us in bondage to Sin, Death, and the Devil, and to prevent our possession and enjoyment of eternal life. God had promised to Adam a Seed who would crush the head of the serpent. The Word of God promises in Romans 16:20: “The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet.” This victory Jesus won for us at the Cross and the empty Tomb.
Jesus won the war for us, but He still uses us to apply the victory through preaching and hearing the Gospel,, prayer, repentance and faith. We push down and tread under through the name of Jesus. He did the work once for all, and He continues to grant the results of His victory to us who believe every day. This kind of applied faith is our response to the enemies of the soul.