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Verse Psalms 44:6. _I WILL NOT TRUST IN MY BOW_] As he is speaking of
what God had already done for his forefathers, these words should be
read in the _past_ tense: "We have not trusted," c....
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FOR I WILL NOT TRUST IN MY BOW - The author of the psalm himself again
speaks as expressing his own feelings, and stating the grounds of his
confidence and hope. Compare Psalms 44:4. At the same time...
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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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TRUST. confide. Hebrew. _batah_. App-69.
BOW... SWORD. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), for
military science. Compare 2 Kings 19:32....
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The recollection of the past gives confidence for the present and the
future. God's strength must still avail for the deliverance of His
people, and in Him alone do they trust....
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Cp. Psalms 20:7; Psalms 33:16; Psalms 60:11 f; 1 Samuel 17:47; Hosea
1:7; a
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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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_FOR I WILL NOT TRUST IN MY BOW, NEITHER SHALL MY SWORD SAVE ME._
For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me. But
thou hast saved us from our For I will not trust in my bow, neith...
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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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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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COURAGE FROM FORMER DELIVERANCES
Psalms 44:1
This psalm, like Psalms 60:1, came out of one of the early wars in
David's reign, as described in 2 Samuel 8:13. Some refer it to...
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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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Fall. This seems to be placed too soon, in order to shew the rapidity
of the conquest. (Calmet) --- "Thy arrows are sharp, shot into the
hearts," &c. (Haydock) --- Some explain in corde, (as the Hebre...
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What an unanswerable appeal this is for success in player! If God be
our king, will he not help and defend his own subjects? And, if we use
the same argument in a gospel sense; if Jesus be our Redeeme...
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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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FOR I WILL NOT TRUST IN MY BOW,.... In any carnal weapon, in any
creature help and assistance, or in an arm of flesh, but in the word
of the Lord, and in his name; see Psalms 20:7;
NEITHER SHALL MY S...
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_For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me._
Ver. 6. _For I will not trust in my bow_] To trust in men or means is
the ready road to utter ruin. Idas, one of the Argonauts, is br...
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_Thou art my king, O God_ And thou, O God, who didst such astonishing
things for them, art still the very same almighty Being, whom I honour
as my sovereign, my governor, and protector. The whole peop...
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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...
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For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me, all
confidence in one's own strength and ability is foolish....
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1-8 Former experiences of God's power and goodness are strong
supports to faith, and powerful pleas in prayer under present
calamities. The many victories Israel obtained, were not by their own
stren...
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But I will trust in thee only, as the next verse implies; and
therefore do not frustrate my hope and confidence fixed upon thee....
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Psalms 44:6 trust H982 (H8799) bow H7198 sword H2719 save H3467
(H8686)
Psalms 20:7,...
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THE PSALMIST EXPRESSES HIS GENERAL CONFIDENCE IN THE FACT THAT GOD
WILL IN THE FUTURE FIGHT FOR THEM AND ACT ON THEIR BEHALF AS HE HAS IN
THE PAST (PSALMS 44:4).
The Psalmist speaks in the singular as...
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TRUST
(_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 2:12). _...
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Psalms 44:1. _We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have
told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old._
Now Israel was restored to Canaan, and the Canaanite and Perizzit...
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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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_Through Thee will we push down our enemies; through Thy name will we
tread them under that rise up against us._
GOD’S GIFT OF VICTORY
1. The believer may promise to himself whatsoever God hath promi...
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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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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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Hosea 1:7; Psalms 20:7; Psalms 33:16; Psalms 33:17...