Psalms 44:9

But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.

Ver. 9. But thou hast cut off, and put us to shame] Here is a sudden change, and a sad complaint, but handsomely brought in, the better to insinuate, the sooner to prevail for redress. Only this, it should have been remembered that the Lord's hand was not shortened … but their iniquities had separated between them and their God, Isaiah 59:1,2. That noble General Trajan told Valens, the Arian emperor, that by warring against God he had abandoned the victory, and sent it to the enemies (Niceph. l. 11, c. 40).