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 age, but the conditions indicated in the Ps. may be found also at an earlier date, such as the time o... [ Continue Reading ]
HEATHEN] EV 'nations.' PEOPLE] RV 'peoples,' the inhabitants of Canaan. So in Psalms 44:11; Psalms 44:14.... [ Continue Reading ]
SELAH] see on Psalms 3:4. 11, 12. Some are slain, and others sold into captivity.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR NOUGHT, etc.] God does not gain by such transactions. His name and cause are rather discredited. 13, 14. See the speech of Rabshakeh (2 Kings 18:27).... [ Continue Reading ]
PLACE OF DRAGONS] RV 'place of jackals,' a desert, to which condition the country had been reduced. SHADOW OF DEATH] deep darkness and gloom.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHY SLEEPEST THOU?] an expression of startling boldness, yet the prayer of Psalms 44:26 shows that its daring springs not from unbelief but from faith.... [ Continue Reading ]