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Psalms 44:7
But Thou hast saved us from our enemies and hast put them to shame that hated us, their opposition to Israel brought them nothing but disgrace, because God was the sole Help of His people.
But Thou hast saved us from our enemies and hast put them to shame that hated us, their opposition to Israel brought them nothing but disgrace, because God was the sole Help of His people.
BUT THOU HAST SAVED US FROM OUR ENEMIES - That is, Thou hast done it in times past. Thou hast interposed in behalf of our nation in periods of danger and trial, and hast delivered us. This is stated a...
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...
BUT. For, as in Psalms 44:3. HAST SAVED. didst save. Referring to verses: Psalms 44:1. HAST PUT. didst put. Referring to verses: Psalms 44:1....
The recollection of the past gives confidence for the present and the future. God's strength must still avail for the deliverance of His people, and in Him alone do they trust....
_But_ Or, For. Past experience justifies the confidence of Psalms 44:6. _them … that hated us_ R.V., them … that hate us. Cp. Psalms 44:10....
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...
_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, neith...
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 44:8]_ כִּ֣י הֹ֭ושַׁעְתָּנוּ מִ צָּרֵ֑ינוּ וּ...
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...
COURAGE FROM FORMER DELIVERANCES Psalms 44:1 This psalm, like Psalms 60:1, came out of one of the early wars in David's reign, as described in 2 Samuel 8:13. Some refer it to...
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...
O God, Greek: O Theos. The Septuagint thus mark the vocative case, (Psalm cxxxviii. 17.; Haydock) and it is clear, that the Messias is here styled God, (Hebrews i. 8.) though some of the Jews would ev...
What an unanswerable appeal this is for success in player! If God be our king, will he not help and defend his own subjects? And, if we use the same argument in a gospel sense; if Jesus be our Redeeme...
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...
BUT THOU HAST SAVED US FROM OUR ENEMIES,.... Spiritual ones, and not we ourselves; and therefore will not trust in ourselves, nor in anything of ours, but in the Lord, and give him the glory of salvat...
But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us. Ver. 7. _But thou hast saved us_] Thou hast wrought and fought for us against those that sought to destroy us. Thou...
_Thou art my king, O God_ And thou, O God, who didst such astonishing things for them, art still the very same almighty Being, whom I honour as my sovereign, my governor, and protector. The whole peop...
1-8 Former experiences of God's power and goodness are strong supports to faith, and powerful pleas in prayer under present calamities. The many victories Israel obtained, were not by their own stren...
No text from Poole on this verse....
Psalms 44:7 saved H3467 (H8689) enemies H6862 shame H954 (H8689) hated H8130 (H8764) But -...
THE PSALMIST EXPRESSES HIS GENERAL CONFIDENCE IN THE FACT THAT GOD WILL IN THE FUTURE FIGHT FOR THEM AND ACT ON THEIR BEHALF AS HE HAS IN THE PAST (PSALMS 44:4). The Psalmist speaks in the singular as...
Psalms 44:1. _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._ Now Israel was restored to Canaan, and the Canaanite and Perizzit...
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...
_Through Thee will we push down our enemies; through Thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us._ GOD’S GIFT OF VICTORY 1. The believer may promise to himself whatsoever God hath promi...
_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...
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...
1 Samuel 14:6; 1 Samuel 17:47; 1 Samuel 7:8; 2 Samuel 7:10; Joshua 1:5