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Psalms 44:17-22

PSALM—NOTE ON Psalms 44:17 The pain of the situation is especially sharp because the community claims not to have forgotten God or to have been false to his covenant (v. Psalms 44:17). They acknowledge that if they had done so, God would know it and would be right to discipline them. The community is not, however, claiming absolute sinlessness.

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See also Psalms 44:17-22 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 44:17. _YET HAVE WE NOT FORGOTTEN THEE_] These are bold words; but they must be understood in a qualified sense. We have not _apostatized_ from thee, we have not _fallen into idolatry_. A...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    ALL THIS IS COME UPON US - All these calamities. The connecting thought here is, that although all these things had come upon them, yet they could not be traced to their own infidelity or unfaithfulne...

  • 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

    _All this_&c. Cp. Judges 6:13. _yet have we not_&c. Although we have not forgotten Thee, as our fathers did so often. Cp. Psalms 78:7; Psalms 78:11;...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The calamity is unmerited. No unfaithfulness to God's covenant has called for punishment. Nay it is for His sake that His people are suffering....

  • 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

    _ALL THIS IS COME UPON US; YET HAVE WE NOT FORGOTTEN THEE, NEITHER HAVE WE DEALT FALSELY IN THY COVENANT._ All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in t...

  • 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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[Psalms 44:18]_ כָּל ־זֹ֣את בָּ֭אַתְנוּ וְ לֹ֣א...

  • 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

    All this is come upon us; yet have we not (o) forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant. (o) They boast not of their virtues, but declare that they rest on God in the midst of the...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Sons. Protestants, "shall be thy children." (Haydock) --- This was the wish of those present. But it does not appear that the daughter of Pharao had any children, (Calmet) and thus it seems improbable...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    The apostle seems to have had this scripture in his view, and referred it to the times in which he lived, when, after pointing out the heavy afflictions the church then endured, he quotes a part of th...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    17_All this has come upon us, etc. _As they have already attributed to God all the afflictions which they endured, if they should now say that they were undeservedly afflicted, it would be the same th...

  • 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

    ALL THIS IS COME UPON US,.... Not by chance, but according to the purpose and counsel of God; not for sin, and as a punishment of it, but for Christ's sake and his Gospel; for a profession of faith in...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    _All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant._ Ver. 17. _All this is come upon us; yet_] This they allege, viz. their constance as an argue...

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

    _All this is come upon us_ All the evils before mentioned, and certainly we have deserved them all; _yet have we not forgotten thee_ Although we cannot excuse ourselves from many other sins, for which...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    All this is come upon us, apparently in punishment; YET HAVE WE NOT FORGOTTEN THEE, NEITHER HAVE WE DEALT FALSELY IN THY COVENANT, to deserve such a fate as a punishment....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    Although we cannot excuse ourselves from many other sins for which thou hast justly punished us, yet this we must say for ourselves, that through thy grace we have kept ourselves from apostacy and ido...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 44:17 come H935 (H8804) forgotten H7911 (H8804) falsely H8266 (H8765) covenant H1285 All this -...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    WHAT IS MORE THE PSALMIST CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHY IT IS, FOR IN HIS VIEW THEY HAVE BEEN FAITHFUL TO HIS COVENANT AND HAVE WALKED IN HIS WAY (PSALMS 44:17). Psalms 44:17 ‘All this is come upon us, yet...

  • 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 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

    Daniel 9:13; Deuteronomy 6:12; Deuteronomy 8:14; Ezekiel 16:59;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Yet — Although we cannot excuse ourselves from many other sins, yet through thy grace we have kept ourselves from apostacy and idolatry, notwithstanding all examples and provocations....

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