Psalms 44:26

_ARISE FOR OUR HELP, AND REDEEM US FOR THY MERCIES' SAKE._ ARISE FOR OUR HELP - (Psalms 63:7.) REDEEM US FOR THY MERCIES' SAKE - not for our merits. This shows the profession of faithfulness (Psalms 44:17) is only in the main, not absolute....

17-26 In afflictions, we must not seek relief by any sinful compliance; but should continually meditate on the truth, purity, and knowledge of our heart-searching God. Hearts sins and secret sins are known to God, and must be reckoned for. He knows the secret of the heart, therefore judges of the words and actions. While our troubles do not drive us from our duty to God, we should not suffer them to drive us from our comfort in God. Let us take care that prosperity and ease do not render us careless and lukewarm. The church of God cannot be prevailed on by persecution to forget God; the believer's heart does not turn back from God. The Spirit of prophecy had reference to those who suffered unto death, for the testimony of Christ. Observe the pleas used, ver. Psalms 44:25; Psalms 44:26. Not their own merit and rig...

Verse Psalms 44:26. _ARISE FOR OUR HELP_] Show forth thy power in delivering us from the hands of our enemies. _REDEEM US_] Ransom us from our thraldom. _FOR THY MERCIES' SAKE._] למען חסדך _lemaan chasdecha, On account_ _of thy mercy_. That we may have that proper view of thy mercy which we should have, and that we may magnify it as we ought to do, redeem us. The Vulgate has, Redime nos, propter nomen tuum, "Redeem us on account of thy name;" which the old _Psalter_ thus paraphrases: "Help us in ryghtwysness, and by us (buy,) that es, delyver us, that we be withouten drede; and al this for thi name Jehsu; noght for oure merite." ANALYSIS OF THE FORTY-FOURTH PSALM In this Psalm are livelily expressed the sufferings, the complaints, the assurances, the petitions

ARISE FOR OUR HELP - Margin, as in Hebrew, “a help for us.” That is, Deliver us from our present calamities and troubles. AND REDEEM US - Save us; deliver us. See Psalms 25:22, note; Psalms 31:5, note; Isaiah 1:27, note; Isaiah 52:3, note. FOR THY MERCIES’ SAKE - On account of thy mercies. That is, in order that thy mercy may be manifested; or that thy character, as a God of mercy, may be made known. It was not primarily or mainly on their own account that the psalmist urges this prayer; it was that the character of God might be ma

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 (Tholuck) dates it in the reign of Jehoiachin. Hengstenberg and Canon Cook argue for the reign of David. The time of Jehoram (2 Chronicles 21:16, 2 Chronicles 21:17) and that of the defeat of Josiah (2 Chronicles 35:20-14) have also been proposed as possible. The Davidic date receives a certain amount of support from Psalms 60:1; which is in the same ton

ARISE FOR OUR HELP,.... Or, "arise our help" s. God is the help of his people, and he is a present help in time of trouble; and he is the only one; and he can help and does, when none else can; AND REDEEM US FOR THY MERCIES' SAKE; not for the sake of her integrity and faithfulness; nor for her sufferings for Christ's sake; but for his grace and mercy's sake, which is the source and spring of redemption or deliverance, both temporal and spiritual; and to that the saints ascribe it, and not to any merit of theirs, or works of righteousness done by them. s עזרתה לנו "auxilium nostrum", Cocceius, Gejerus....

REDEEM (_ See Scofield) - (Isaiah 59:20). _ (_ See Scofield) - (Exodus 14:30). _...

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! (Psalms 44:22) The third Maschil Psalm. They remember the days of old, what God did for His covenant people in the past, how He gave them the land with an outstretched arm and delivered them from their enemies. They own Him as King and call on Him to command deliverances for Jacob. Then they utter their complaint and describe the great troubles and calamities they are facing; they are spoiled, like sheep appointed for meat, scat

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 the Antiochene Fathers and at a later date to Calvin. Antiochus promulgated a decree enforcing unity of worship in his dominions and especially in Palestine. He also polluted the Temple at Jerusalem by heathen sacrifice. He encountered fierce opposition from the Asidæ ans (= Hasidim), led by the Maccabees, and died in 164 B.C. without effecting his purpose (p. 607). This Ps. was written when the cause of the faithful Jews was under a temporary cloud. The following are the chief points which enable us to place it with confidence in Maccabean times. (_a_) The Jews have an army of their own, and therefore enjoy some measure of independent government, but at the same time many of their brethren...

ARISE. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ REDEEM. deliver. Hebrew. _padah,_ See notes on Exodus 6:6; Exodus 13:13. MERCIES. = mercy's, or lovingkindness. TO THE CHIEF MUSICIAN. See App-64. Written by Hezekiah for his special circumstances; but on account of verses: Psalms 44:1 was handed over for general use at the Feast of the Passover. See note below. UPON. relating to, or concerning. SHOSHANNIM. Lilies. Put by Figure of speech _Metalepsis_ for "Spring", and "Spring" put for the great spring festival, the Passover. See App-65....