Charles Ellicott Commentary Psalms 44:5

"Through thee will we push down our adversaries: Through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us." — Psalms 44:5 (ASV)

Push down. —The image of the original is lost here; the Septuagint has retained it. It is that of a buffalo or other horned animal driving back and goring its enemies. Deuteronomy 33:17 applies it as a special description of the tribe of Joseph. The figure is continued in the next clause; the infuriated animal tramples its victim underfoot.