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Psalms 44:12

Thou sellest Thy people for naught, for a song, as though they were worthless, insignificant, as if He no longer cared for them, and dost not increase Thy wealth by their price, He did not go high in the price which He demanded in selling them into slavery.

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See also Psalms 44:12 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 44:12. _THOU SELLEST THY PEOPLE FOR NOUGHT_] An allusion to the mode of disposing of slaves by their proprietors or sovereigns. Instead of seeking profit, thou hast made us a present to o...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THOU SELLEST THY PEOPLE FOR NOUGHT - Margin, without riches. Without gain, or advantage; that is, for no price that would be an equivalent. The people were given up to their enemies, but there was not...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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! ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Thou sellest thy people_ Handing them over to their enemies (Deuteronomy 32:30; Judges 2:14; Isaiah 50:1); and that _for nought_, as though they were worthless in Thy estimation ...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THOU SELLEST THY PEOPLE FOR NOUGHT— "Sufferest them to be sold for slaves at a very inconsiderable price." This expression implies the low esteem in which they were with the Deity. The next expression...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _THOU SELLEST THY PEOPLE FOR NOUGHT, AND DOST NOT INCREASE THY WEALTH BY THEIR PRICE._ Thou sellest thy people for nought - Thou holdest thy people as of so little worth, that thou art ready to part...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    44:12 price; (d-16) Or 'hast not increased their price.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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)....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    FOR NOUGHT. — Literally, _for not riches_ (comp. Jeremiah 15:13); notice the contrast to Psalms 72:14. AND DOST NOT INCREASE THY WEALTH BY THEIR PRICE. — This rendering takes the verb as in Proverbs 2...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[Psalms 44:13]_ תִּמְכֹּֽר ־עַמְּךָ֥ בְ לֹא ־הֹ֑ון...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Thou sellest thy people (l) for nought, and dost not increase [thy wealth] by their price. (l) As slaves who are sold for a low price, you do not look for him who offers the most, but take the first...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Lord. Hebrew adonaiic, "thy master," and worship him, (Haydock) like a dutiful wife, 1 Peter iii. 6., and 3 Kings i. 16. --- God is not found in the Septuagint. The title belongs to Jesus Christ, the...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    12_Thou hast sold thy people, and not become rich. _In saying that they were sold without any gain, it is meant that they were exposed to sale as slaves that are contemptible, and of no value. In the...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THOU SELLEST THY PEOPLE FOR NOUGHT,.... So God, when he is said to deliver up his people into the hands of their enemies, is said to sell them to them; see Judges 2:14; and selling them for nought sug...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    _Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase [thy wealth] by their price._ Ver. 12. _Thou sellest thy people for nought_] Thirty for a penny the Jews were sold by the Romans, saith Jose...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Thou hast given us like sheep_, &c. Some of us they killed in the pursuit, without any mercy, like sheep appointed for the shambles. _And hast scattered us among the heathen_ Those of us who were not...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    FOR NOUGHT: _ Heb._ without riches...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    FOR NOUGHT; for a thing of nought. Or, _without money_, and _without price_, as it is said, ISAIAH 55:1; for a very small, or for no price; for a pair of shoes, as we read, AMOS 2:6. DOST NOT INCREASE...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 44:12 sell H4376 (H8799) people H5971 nothing H1952 enriched H7235 (H8765) selling H4242 sellest -...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Deuteronomy 32:30; Isaiah 50:1; Isaiah 52:3; Isaiah 52:4; Jeremiah

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