How thou didst afflict, &c.— How thou didst enfeeble the nations, and spread them;—our fathers, Psalms 44:1. That is, madest them shoot forth their roots and branches, which they were enabled to do by enfeebling their enemies, as they were first planted in the place from whence they were removed. See Mudge and Houbigant.
Verse Psalms 44:2. _THOU DIDST DROVE OUT THE HEATHEN_] The Canaanites were as a bad tree planted in a good soil, and bringing forth bad fruit with great luxuriance. God plucked up this bad tree from t...
HOW THOU DIDST DRIVE OUT THE HEATHEN WITH THY HAND - The word rendered “heathen” means simply nations without necessarily conveying the idea of paganism, as that word is now understood. It means the n...
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...
HEATHEN. nations: i.e. the Canaanites. THEM: thy People Israel. PEOPLE. peoples: i.e. the Canaanites. CAST THEM OUT. spread them about (as. vine, Isaiah 5); "them" referring to Israel in both claus...
A retrospect. Not their own valour but God's help and favour gave Israel possession of the land of Canaan....
With thine own hand didst thou dispossess nations, and plant them in, Didst afflict peoples, and cause them to spread abroad. _Thou with thy hand_are the first words of the verse in the Heb., emphasi...
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...
_HOW THOU DIDST DRIVE OUT THE HEATHEN WITH THY HAND, AND PLANTEDST THEM; HOW THOU DIDST AFFLICT THE PEOPLE, AND CAST THEM OUT._ (How) thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand -- literally, 'Tho...
44:2 peoples, (a-18) _ Leummim_ , as Psalms 2:1 ; and so ver. 14....
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...
HEATHEN] EV 'nations.' PEOPLE] RV 'peoples,' the inhabitants of Canaan. So in Psalms 44:11; Psalms 44:14....
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...
THOU... WITH THY HAND. — Literally, _Thou, Thy hand,_ which may be, as in the Authorised Version, taken as accusative of instrument, or as a repeated subject. AND CAST THEM OUT. — This entirely misses...
_[Psalms 44:3]_ אַתָּ֤ה ׀ יָדְךָ֡ גֹּויִ֣ם הֹ֭ורַשְׁתָּ וַ...
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...
[How] thou didst drive out the (b) heathen with thy hand, and plantedst (c) them; [how] thou didst afflict the (d) people, and (e) cast them out. (b) That is, the Canaanites. (c) That is, our fathe...
Uttered. Hebrew rachash, "boileth," as one unable to contain himself. (Berthier) --- Speak, or "dedicate," dico, (Haydock) though here it only means to speak. (Calmet) --- He addresses the object of h...
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...
2._Thou hast expelled the heathen with thy hand. _This is an illustration of the preceding verse: for the inspired writer had not yet expressly referred to that work of God, the fame of which had been...
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...
[HOW] THOU DIDST DRIVE OUT THE HEATHEN WITH THY HAND,.... Of power; that is, the Canaanites, as the Targum; the seven nations which inhabited the land of Canaan before the children of Israel came into...
Psalms 44:2 [How] thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; [how] thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out. Ver. 2. _How thou didst drive out the heathen_] _i.e._ Th...
_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...
how Thou didst drive out the heathen with Thy hand, for it was not their own weapons and strength which gave them the victory, as the many specific instances recorded clearly show, but the almighty po...
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...
THE HEATHEN; the Canaanites. PLANTEDST THEM, to wit, our fathers, easily understood both from the matter, and from PSALMS 44:1, where they are expressed; the pronoun being referred unto the remoter an...
Psalms 44:2 out H3423 (H8689) nations H1471 hand H3027 planted H5193 (H8799) afflicted H7489 (H8686) peoples...
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 44:1. _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...
_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 5:6; 1 Samuel 5:7; Deuteronomy 7:1; Exodus 15:17; Exodus 15:19;