George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Psalms 44:16
Temple. Even virgins (Haydock) out of the Church, cannot please the king. (St. Augustine) (Worthington)
Temple. Even virgins (Haydock) out of the Church, cannot please the king. (St. Augustine) (Worthington)
FOR THE VOICE OF HIM ... - That is, Because I hear the voice of him that reproaches and blasphemes. The word rendered blasphemeth, means properly to use cutting words; then, to reproach or revile. It...
Psalms 44 The Increased Cry for Deliverance _ 1. My King, O God! Command deliverances (Psalms 44:1)_ 2. Trouble upon trouble and confusion (Psalms 44:9) 3. Awake! Arise for our help! ...
XLIV. A NATIONAL PRAYER IN UNMERITED DISTRESS. The Ps. evidently depicts the situation of Israel under Antiochus Epiphanes [but see OTJC 2, pp. 207f., 437- 440. A. S. P.] So much was plain long ago to...
AVENGER. him that taketh vengeance. Compare Psalms 8:2. Here. Sennacherib....
But the present circumstances of the nation contradict these expressions of faith based upon past experience. Israel is abandoned to be the scorn and prey of its foes. Comp. the transition in Psalms 8...
_For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth_ The word _reproach_is frequently used of a heathen enemy's scornful defiance or mocking derision of Israel and Israelites, and by consequence of...
PSALMS 44 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Israel Suffers for God. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 44:1-8, The Psalmist, Encouraging himself by Jehovah's Past Favour in Giving Israel their Land, Emboldens himself to E...
_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; Ps...
44:16 avenger. (e-18) As Psalms 8:2 ....
This is a prayer for deliverance from national trouble which has not been deserved by any apostasy or idolatry. The strong assertions of national faithfulness are akin to the spirit of the Maccabean a...
PSALMS 42:72 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end. The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Che...
_[Psalms 44:17]_ מִ֭ קֹּול מְחָרֵ֣ף וּ מְגַדֵּ֑ף...
Psalms 44:1 CALVIN says that the authorship of this psalm is uncertain, but that it is abundantly clear that it was composed by anyone rather than David, and that its plaintive contents suit best the...
A PLEA FOR PRESENT HELP Psalms 44:9 In Psalms 44:11 God's people are compared to sheep appointed for meat, which are sold by the shepherd for naught, so worthless are they. Before their savage foes s...
The final meaning of this psalm is discovered in its last four verses. It is a prayer for deliverance from defeat. Its strength of appeal lies in its recognition of the government of God. He is the Au...
For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and (n) avenger. (n) Meaning, the proud and cruel tyrant....
What the church, or an individual of the church here complains of, is among the painful exercises of all true followers of Christ. When our God is reproached, and when our confidence in him is derided...
Psalms 44 gives a full and vivid picture of the state of the nation, as in the conscience of the remnant. They had heard with their ears. Faith rested in the memorial of all the old mighty deliverance...
FOR THE VOICE, OF HIM THAT REPROACHETH AND BLASPHEMETH,.... That is, antichrist, to whom a mouth speaking blasphemies has been given, and which he has opened in blasphemy against God, attributing that...
For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger. Ver. 16. _For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth_] Reproacheth religion, blasphemeth God and...
_My confusion is continually before me_ I cannot open my eyes but the tokens of our disgrace present themselves before me; _and the shame of my face hath covered me_ These things have made me so asham...
A PRAYER IN TIMES OF NATIONAL DISTRESS. To the chief. musician for the sons of Korah, another hymn composed by a member of this family, Maschil, a didactic poem evidently written at a time when the na...
for the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth, the taunting mockery of whose words cut so deeply; BY REASON OF THE ENEMY AND AVENGER, whose face was full of malignant hatred. The counterpart o...
9-16 The believer must have times of temptation, affliction, and discouragement; the church must have seasons of persecution. At such times the people of God will be ready to fear that he has cast the...
THAT REPROACHETH AND BLASPHEMETH; that doth not only reproach me, which I could better bear; but blaspheme God and our religion for our sakes, which is intolerable to me. THE ENEMY AND AVENGER; who ex...
Psalms 44:16 voice H6963 reproaches H2778 (H8764) reviles H1442 (H8764) Because H6440 enemy H341 (H8802) avenger...
IN VIEW OF THEIR TRUST IN GOD THEY CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHY THEREFORE THEY HAVE FACED DEFEAT AT THE HANDS OF THEIR ENEMIES SO THAT SOME OF HIS PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TAKEN CAPTIVE AND ARE NOW SLAVES IN THE HAN...
CONTENTS: Complaint of the Lord's apparent forgetfulness and entreaty for His help. CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist. CONCLUSION: The tokens of God's displeasure are more grievous to those who have been lo...
Psalms 44:1. _Our fathers have told us._ All ancient patriarchs instructed their children, and all ancient nations instructed posterity by oral traditions, as in this psalm, by reciting how Joshua dro...
_We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us what work Thou didst._ ASPECTS OF NATIONAL PIETY There is such a thing as national piety. I mean the aggregation of genuine godly though...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 44:1. This is a hymn for times when God’s people as a whole have suffered some great calamity at the hands of their enemies. When the worshiping congregation sings this, the...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 44:9 In light of this past (vv. Psalms 44:1), the current situation is difficult to understand. God has apparently REJECTED his people (v....
INTRODUCTION _Superscription_.—“To the Chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil.” See introduction to Psalms 42. We have no means of determining who was the author of the psalm. Nor are we able...
EXPOSITION THE date and occasion of this psalm are greatly disputed. Most critics, from Calvin to Hitzig, refer it to the times of the Maccabees. Others suggest the fourth or fifth century B.C. One (T...
We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work you did in their days, in times of old. How you did drive out the heathen with thy hand, and you planted them; and how you did a...
Isaiah 37:17; Isaiah 37:23; Isaiah 37:24; Isaiah 37:3; Isaiah 37:4;...
Avenger — Who executeth both God's and his own vengeance upon me....