Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Psalms 44:14
A by-word, or a proverb. They used to say proverbially, More despicable or miserable than an Israelite. A shaking of the head; a gesture of scorn and insultation. See Poole on "Psalms 22:7".
A by-word, or a proverb. They used to say proverbially, More despicable or miserable than an Israelite. A shaking of the head; a gesture of scorn and insultation. See Poole on "Psalms 22:7".
Verse Psalms 44:14. _THOU MAKEST US A BYWORD_] We are evidently abandoned by thee, and are become so very miserable in consequence, that we are a proverb among the people: "See the Hebrews! _see thei...
THOU MAKEST US A BYWORD AMONG HEATHEN - The word rendered “by-word” - משׁל _mâshâl_ - means properly a similitude or parable; then, a sententious saying, and apophthegm; then, a proverb; then, a son...
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...
_the heathen … the people_ Render with R.V., the nations … the peoples. They point to our fate as a proverbial instance of a people abandoned by its God, and make us the subject of taunting songs: the...
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...
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...
_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)...
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...
SHAKING OF THE HEAD. — Comp. Psalms 22:7....
These verses become very suggestive, if we refer them to one of those periods under the Seleucidæ, when the Jews were so frequently attacked on the Sabbath, and from their scrupulous regard to it woul...
_[Psalms 44:15]_ תְּשִׂימֵ֣נוּ מָ֭שָׁל בַּ † גֹּויִ֑ם...
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...
_Is within. Roman Septuagint, &c., have "of Hesebon," by mistake, for Esothen. (Calmet) --- Queens in the East, could not appear much abroad. (Kimchi) --- When they go out, they cannot be seen. The be...
Here is a melancholy state described: and what added to the affliction, the church beheld the Lord's hand in the appointment. Though the Lord's afflictions are always, sooner or later, sanctified affl...
_WHY DO GOD’S SAINTS SUFFER?_ ‘A byword among the heathen.’ Psalms 44:14 I. THE CONTRAST BETWEEN THE OLD TESTAMENT POSITION AND THE NEW—‘_ For Thy sake we are slain_’ (Psalms 44:22). Here was the s...
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...
THOU MAKEST US A BYWORD AMONG THE HEATHEN,.... Among the Papists, as the Jews were among the Gentiles, Deuteronomy 28:37; calling them schismatics, heretics, fanatics, and what not? A SHAKING OF THE...
Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people. Ver. 14. _Thou makest us a byword among the heathen_] Who use to say, As base as a Jew, as wretched as an Israelite,...
_Thou hast given us like sheep_, &c. Some of us they killed in the pursuit, without any mercy, like sheep appointed for the shambles. _And hast scattered us among the heathen_ Those of us who were not...
Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, their fate being bandied about in little verses of mockery, A SHAKING OF THE HEAD AMONG THE PEOPLE, in a gesture of sneering contempt....
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...
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...
Psalms 44:14 make H7760 (H8799) byword H4912 nations H1471 shaking H4493 head H7218 peoples H3816 byword -...
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...
1 Kings 9:7; 2 Chronicles 7:20; 2 Kings 19:21; Deuteronomy 28:37;...