_WE HAVE HEARD WITH OUR EARS, O GOD, OUR FATHERS HAVE TOLD US, WHAT WORK THOU DIDST IN THEIR DAYS, IN THE TIMES OF OLD._ Psalms 44:1.-The Church's prayer for help against pagan foes. She reminds Him of His past benefits, in driving the pagan out before His people (Psalms 44:1); her confidence that G... [ Continue Reading ]
_HOW THOU DIDST DRIVE OUT THE HEATHEN WITH THY HAND, AND PLANTEDST THEM; HOW THOU DIDST AFFLICT THE PEOPLE, AND CAST THEM OUT._ (How) thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand -- literally, 'Thou ... (that is, to say) thy hand,' in contrast to "their own sword" and "their own arm" (Psalms 44:3... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR THEY GOT NOT THE LAND IN POSSESSION BY THEIR OWN SWORD, NEITHER DID THEIR OWN ARM SAVE THEM: BUT THY RIGHT HAND, AND THINE ARM, AND THE LIGHT OF THY COUNTENANCE, BECAUSE THOU HADST A FAVOUR UNTO THEM._ For they got not the land in possession by their own sword - (Joshua 24:12.) AND THE LIGHT O... [ Continue Reading ]
_THOU ART MY KING, O GOD: COMMAND DELIVERANCES FOR JACOB._ Thou art my King, O God - literally, 'Thou art He (that is) my King.' Thou art the One that pre-eminently hast kingly authority and irresistible might, and so art able to save us (Psalms 74:12). COMMAND DELIVERANCES - salvations. A comman... [ Continue Reading ]
_THROUGH THEE WILL WE PUSH DOWN OUR ENEMIES: THROUGH THY NAME WILL WE TREAD THEM UNDER THAT RISE UP AGAINST US._ Through thee will we push down our enemies. Faith speaks, triumphing over sense. In spite of the calamities surrounding the Church (Psalms 44:9), she still hopes joyfully and confidently... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR I WILL NOT TRUST IN MY BOW, NEITHER SHALL MY SWORD SAVE ME._ For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me. But thou hast saved us from our For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me. But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that... [ Continue Reading ]
_IN GOD WE BOAST ALL THE DAY LONG, AND PRAISE THY NAME FOR EVER. SELAH._ In God we boast - He is the object in whom our praises terminate. The Hebrew х_ HAALAL_ (H1984)] generally means to praise or celebrate in praises. AND PRAISE THY NAME FOR EVER - literally, 'and confess thy name,' etc. Thir... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT THOU HAST CAST OFF, AND PUT US TO SHAME; AND GOEST NOT FORTH WITH OUR ARMIES._ But - literally, 'Also' х_ 'AP_ (H637)]: there is some such ellipsis as this-We are "all the day long" (Psalms 44:8) expecting deliverance; but not only hast thou not delivered us, but 'ALSO thou hast cast us off.'... [ Continue Reading ]
_THOU MAKEST US TO TURN BACK FROM THE ENEMY: AND THEY WHICH HATE US SPOIL FOR THEMSELVES._ And they which hate us spoil for themselves - i:e., to their heart's content, with unrestrained wantonness and selfishness (1 Samuel 14:48; 1 Samuel 23:1).... [ Continue Reading ]
_THOU HAST GIVEN US LIKE SHEEP APPOINTED FOR MEAT; AND HAST SCATTERED US AMONG THE HEATHEN._ Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat - to be devoured as a prey.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THOU SELLEST THY PEOPLE FOR NOUGHT, AND DOST NOT INCREASE THY WEALTH BY THEIR PRICE._ Thou sellest thy people for nought - Thou holdest thy people as of so little worth, that thou art ready to part with them, not to gain anything by doing so, but merely for the sake of getting rid of them, as of a... [ Continue Reading ]
_THOU MAKEST US A REPROACH TO OUR NEIGHBOURS, A SCORN AND A DERISION TO THEM THAT ARE ROUND ABOUT US._ Thou makest us a reproach ... a byword among the heathen - as Moses foretold (Deuteronomy 28:37), "Thou shalt become a proverb and a byword among all nations, where the Lord shall lead thee." The... [ Continue Reading ]
_MY CONFUSION IS CONTINUALLY BEFORE ME, AND THE SHAME OF MY FACE HATH COVERED ME,_ My confusion is continually before me ... For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth - (Jeremiah 3:25; Psalms 69:7.) The ravages of the Edomite in the Holy Land, continually before the eyes of Israel at th... [ Continue Reading ]
_ALL THIS IS COME UPON US; YET HAVE WE NOT FORGOTTEN THEE, NEITHER HAVE WE DEALT FALSELY IN THY COVENANT._ All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant - though our calamities tempted us so to do. As in Malachi 3:14, some said, "It is vain... [ Continue Reading ]
_OUR HEART IS NOT TURNED BACK, NEITHER HAVE OUR STEPS DECLINED FROM THY WAY;_ Our heart is not turned back neither have our steps declined from thy way Apostasy begins at the OUR HEART IS NOT TURNED BACK, NEITHER HAVE OUR STEPS DECLINED FROM THY WAY. Apostasy begins at the heart, then passes to the... [ Continue Reading ]
_THOUGH THOU HAST SORE BROKEN US IN THE PLACE OF DRAGONS, AND COVERED US WITH THE SHADOW OF DEATH._ Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons - i:e., jackals, which frequent the wilderness (Isaiah 13:22; Isaiah 34:13; Isaiah 43:20). The jackals represent the persecutors who ravage the... [ Continue Reading ]
_IF WE HAVE FORGOTTEN THE NAME OF OUR GOD, OR STRETCHED OUT OUR HANDS TO A STRANGE GOD;_ If we have forgotten the name of our God ... shall not God search this out? They confirm the truth of their assertion (Psalms 44:17), that they have not forgotten God, by declaring themselves conscious that God... [ Continue Reading ]
_YEA, FOR THY SAKE ARE WE KILLED ALL THE DAY LONG; WE ARE COUNTED AS SHEEP FOR THE SLAUGHTER._ Yea, for thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter. So far are we from having 'forgotten thee and the covenant of our God' (Psalms 44:17; Psalms 44:20), that we ar... [ Continue Reading ]
_AWAKE, WHY SLEEPEST THOU, O LORD? ARISE, CAST US NOT OFF FOR EVER._ Fifth strophe. Psalms 44:23.-Prayer that God would arise for His people's help. AWAKE, WHY SLEEPEST THOU, O LORD? The answer is given, Psalms 121:4. Compare also Matthew 8:25. The "for ever" here is emphatic. In Psalms 44:9 the C... [ Continue Reading ]
_WHEREFORE HIDEST THOU THY FACE, AND FORGETTEST OUR AFFLICTION AND OUR OPPRESSION?_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR OUR SOUL IS BOWED DOWN TO THE DUST: OUR BELLY CLEAVETH UNTO THE EARTH._ For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our belly cleaveth unto the earth - (Psalms 119:25.) Here their plea is their miseries; in the next verse God's "mercies.... [ Continue Reading ]
_ARISE FOR OUR HELP, AND REDEEM US FOR THY MERCIES' SAKE._ ARISE FOR OUR HELP - (Psalms 63:7.) REDEEM US FOR THY MERCIES' SAKE - not for our merits. This shows the profession of faithfulness (Psalms 44:17) is only in the main, not absolute.... [ Continue Reading ]