What the church, or an individual of the church here complains of, is among the painful exercises of all true followers of Christ. When our God is reproached, and when our confidence in him is derided; or when the enmity takes advantage of the exercises of the faithful, and crieth out, Where is now thy God - these are very sad moments, and put bitterness into the cup of sorrows.
MY CONFUSION IS CONTINUALLY BEFORE ME - My shame; the conviction and the evidence of my disgrace is constantly present with me. Literally, “all the day my shame is before me.” That is, the evidences o...
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...
_My confusion_&c. Render with R.V., All the day long is my dishonour before me, as in Psalms 44:8_; Psalms 44:22; Psalms 44:9_. My disgrace is perpetually staring me in the face. Cp....
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...
_MY CONFUSION IS CONTINUALLY BEFORE ME, AND THE SHAME OF MY FACE HATH COVERED ME,_ My confusion is continually before me ... For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth - (Jeremiah 3:25; Ps...
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 SHAME. — Better take _the face_ as a second object — _shame hath covered me as to my face, i.e., covered my face._ Though the record of the facts of a sad reality, these verses have also the value...
_[Psalms 44:16]_ כָּל ־הַ֭ יֹּום כְּלִמָּתִ֣י נֶגְדִּ֑י...
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...
My (m) confusion [is] continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me, (m) I dare not lift up my head for shame....
_Neighbours. The Jews, as well as the Gentiles, shall embrace the faith. (Calmet) --- Virginity became honourable only after the coming of Christ. (St. Chrysostom)_...
15_My reproach is daily before me. _The Hebrew words כלהיום, _col-hayom, _mean all the day, and denote long continuance: but they may be understood in two ways, either for the whole or entire day, fro...
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...
MY CONFUSION [IS] CONTINUALLY BEFORE ME,.... Meaning that which is the occasion of it; AND THE SHAME OF MY FACE HATH COVERED ME; not by reason of sin, which is often the cause of confusion and shame...
My confusion [is] continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me, Ver. 15. _My confusion is continually before me_] Heb. All the day long, or every day; so as that there is neither h...
_My confusion is continually before me_ I cannot open my eyes but the tokens of our disgrace present themselves before me; _and the shame of my face hath covered me_ These things have made me so asham...
My confusion is continually before me, the poet is always conscious of the disgrace resting upon him, AND THE SHAME OF MY FACE HATH COVERED ME, having taken hold of his entire being;...
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...
BEFORE ME; before the eyes of my mind and body too. They vilify me, not only behind my back, but even before my face. THE SHAME OF MY FACE HATH COVERED ME, i.e. I am filled with shame of my face on ev...
Psalms 44:15 dishonor H3639 continually H3117 shame H1322 face H6440 covered H3680 (H8765) confusion -...
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...
Ezra 9:6; Jeremiah 3:25; Jeremiah 51:51; Joshua 7:7; Psalms 69:7;...