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PSALM XLIV
_The psalmist recounts the mercies of God; shows to his people_
_how God in ancient times gave them the victory over all their_
_enemies_, 1-8;
_points out their present miserable state...
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WE HAVE HEARD WITH OUR EARS - That is, it has been handed down by
tradition.
OUR FATHERS HAVE TOLD US - Our ancestors. They have delivered it down
from generation to generation. The word rendered “tol...
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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! ...
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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...
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_our fathers have told us_ In obedience to the often repeated
injunction to hand on the memory of God's marvellous works on behalf
of His people. See Exodus 10:2; Exodus 12:26 f.; Exodus 13:8;...
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A retrospect. Not their own valour but God's help and favour gave
Israel possession of the land of Canaan....
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_The church, in memory of former favours, complaineth of her present
evils: professing her integrity, she fervently prayeth for succour._
To the chief musician, for the sons of Korah, Maschil.
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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...
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_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 o...
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44:1 work (k-26) As Isaiah 45:9 ....
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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...
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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...
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WE HAVE HEARD. — The glorious traditions of ancient deliverances
wrought by Jehovah for His people were a sacred heritage of every
Hebrew. (See Exodus 10:2; Exodus 12:26, _seq._; Deuteronomy 6:20,
etc...
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לַ † מְנַצֵּ֬חַ לִ בְנֵי ־קֹ֬רַח
מַשְׂכִּֽיל׃ ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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"To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil." We have heard
with our (a) ears, O God, our fathers have told us, [what] work thou
didst in their days, in the times of old.
(a) This psalm see...
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For them that shall be changed, i.e., For souls happily changed, by
being converted to God; (Challoner) or it may allude to the variety of
speakers here introduced. (Berthier) --- Protestants leave sh...
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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...
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CONTENTS
We have here the church, under a cloud, and in this state appealing to
the Lord, in the recollection of former deliverances, for present
mercy. It forms an interesting subject, though we are...
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1._O God! we have heard with our ears. _The people of God here recount
the goodness which he had formerly manifested towards their fathers,
that, by showing the great dissimilarity of their own condit...
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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...
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WE HAVE HEARD WITH OUR EARS, O GOD,.... The church being in distress
calls to mind the past favours of God to his people, in order to
encourage her faith and hope; and this expression, delivered in su...
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Psalms 44:1 «To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil. »
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.
_Maschil_...
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We have _heard with our ears_, &c. “We have been certainly informed,
O Lord, by our fathers, and we believe what they have told us, not
only concerning the wonderful works thou didst in their times, b...
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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...
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We have heard with our ears, O God, in the form of instruction in
vogue among the children of Israel, where every housefather informed
his children regarding the great works of God, Exodus 10:2; Exodu...
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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...
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PSALM 44 THE ARGUMENT There is no certainty, either concerning the
author or the particular occasion of this Psalm. This is evident, that
it was composed with respect unto the calamitous condition of...
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Psalms 44:1 Musician H5329 (H8764) Contemplation H4905 (H8688) sons
H1121 Korah H7141 heard H8085 (H8804) ears...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Exodus 12:24; Exodus 13:14; Exodus 13:15; Isaiah 38:19; Job 15:17;...