Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Psalms 44:3
By their own sword, i.e. by their arms or valour. The light of thy countenance, i.e. thy favour, as the next words explain it; thy gracious and glorious presence, which went along with us.
By their own sword, i.e. by their arms or valour. The light of thy countenance, i.e. thy favour, as the next words explain it; thy gracious and glorious presence, which went along with us.
Verse Psalms 44:3. _FOR THEY GOT NOT THE LAND_] Neither by their valour, nor cunning, nor for their merit; yet, they were obliged to fight. But how did they conquer? By the right hand of the Lord, and...
FOR THEY GOT NOT THE LAND IN POSSESSION - The land of Canaan. The design of this verse is to illustrate the sentiment in the previous verse, that they owed their establishment in the promised land who...
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; giving the reason. See Structure above. Hebrew. _ki,_ "for". A FAVOUR. Compare Deuteronomy 4:37; Deuteronomy 7:7....
A retrospect. Not their own valour but God's help and favour gave Israel possession of the land of Canaan....
The thought of the preceding verse is still further emphasised. For not by their own sword gat they possession of the land, Neither did their own arm give them victory: But thy right hand, &c. Cp....
THE LIGHT OF THY COUNTENANCE— This expression here seems to signify the special, the majestic presence of God, visibly presiding over the army of the Israelites, by a light shining cloud going before...
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 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...
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...
THE LIGHT OF THY COUNTENANCE. — Notice the contrast to this in Psalms 44:24; in times of distress God’s face seemed hidden or averted....
_[Psalms 44:4]_ כִּ֤י לֹ֪א בְ חַרְבָּ֡ם יָ֥רְשׁוּ...
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...
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 (f) favour un...
Beautiful. The corporal beauty of Christ may be problematical. (Haydock) --- But justice is the truest beauty. (St. Augustine) --- All admired his eloquence, (Luke iv. 22., and John vii. 46.) and innu...
It is one of the best and strongest of all arguments, when pleading for the renewals of divine love, to put the Lord in remembrance of past mercies. It is as if we should say. Shall we despond now, wh...
3_For they got not possession of the land by their own sword. _Here the sacred writer confirms by contrast what he has just said; for if they obtained not possession of the land by their own power and...
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 THEY GOT NOT THE LAND IN POSSESSION BY THEIR OWN SWORD,.... There were many things which show that the possession of the land of Canaan was not of the Israelites themselves, but of the Lord; as th...
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 t...
_How thou didst drive out the heathen_, &c. The seven nations of the Canaanites out of Canaan, and settled in their stead thy people Israel, whom thou didst transplant thither from Egypt. _Didst affli...
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 they, the Israelites, 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, turned upon Israel...
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...
Psalms 44:3 possession H3423 (H8804) land H776 sword H2719 arm H2220 save H3467 (H8689) hand H3225 arm...
A DESCRIPTION OF WHAT GOD HAS DONE FOR HIS PEOPLE IN THE PAST (PSALMS 44:1). The Psalmist first calls to mind how it was God Who gave His people victory when they initially took possession of the lan...
Psalms 44:3 This passage presents to us the following truths: I. The co-operation of God secures the success of all right work. II. The spirit of true godliness will acknowledge God's co-operation....
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...
_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 th...
_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 12:22; 2 Corinthians 4:7; Deuteronomy 4:37; Deuteronomy 4:38;...