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Verse Psalms 44:10. _THOU MAKEST US TO TURN BACK_] This thou didst:
and our enemies, profiting by the occasion, finding our strength was
departed from us, made us an easy prey, captivated our persons,...
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THOU MAKEST US TO TURN BACK FROM THE ENEMY - Instead of giving us the
victory. That is, we are defeated.
AND THEY WHICH HATE US SPOIL FOR THEMSELVES - They plunder us; they
take our property as spoil,...
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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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SPOIL FOR THEMSELVES. have plundered at their will; first occurrence
Judges 2:14. See Sennacherib's boast on his cylinder. App-67. Some
codices, with Aram, and Syriac, read "plundered us", &c....
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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...
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_the enemy_ R.V., the adversary.
_spoil for themselves_ Or, plunder at their will....
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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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_THOU MAKEST US TO TURN BACK FROM THE ENEMY: AND THEY WHICH HATE US
SPOIL FOR THEMSELVES._
And they which hate us spoil for themselves - i:e., to their heart's
content, with unrestrained wantonness a...
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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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FOR THEMSELVES — _i.e._, at their own will, an expression denoting
the completeness of the overthrow of the Jews; they lie absolutely at
their enemies’ pleasure....
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_[Psalms 44:11]_ תְּשִׁיבֵ֣נוּ אָ֭חֹור
מִנִּי ־צָ֑ר וּ֝...
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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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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...
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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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_Clothing. Hebrew, "in gold of Ophir." (Haydock) --- The Church is
spotless, Ephesians v. 26. The attendants of this glorious queen, are
the nations converted, or Christian virgins. They are not the m...
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Here is a melancholy state described: and what added to the
affliction, the church beheld the Lord's hand in the appointment.
Though the Lord's afflictions are always, sooner or later, sanctified
affl...
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10._Thou hast made us to turn back from the enemy. _Here the people of
God still further complain, that he had made them to flee before their
enemies, and had given them up as a prey to be devoured by...
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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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THOU MAKEST US TO TURN BACK FROM THE ENEMY,.... In the times of Eli,
according to Arama; but may he understood of some of the visible
members of the church, and professors of religion, not being valia...
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Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us
spoil for themselves.
Ver. 10. _Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy_] By
expectorating our faith and courage, and leaving us...
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_But thou hast cast us off_ Now thy countenance and course are quite
changed to us; _and hast put us to shame_ Hast made us ashamed of our
boasting and trust in thee, which we have often professed to...
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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...
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THOU MAKEST US TO TURN BACK FROM THE ENEMY, by withdrawing thy help
and our courage, according to thy threatenings, LEVITICUS 26:36. SPOIL
FOR THEMSELVES, i.e. take away our estates to their own use,...
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Psalms 44:10 turn H7725 (H8686) back H268 enemy H6862 hate H8130
(H8764) spoil H8154 (H8804)
Thou -
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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...
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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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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....
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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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1 Samuel 31:1; 1 Samuel 4:17; Deuteronomy 28:25; Isaiah 10:14;...