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Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Psalms 44:4

Verse Psalms 44:4. Thou art my king] What thou wert to them, be to us. We believe in thee as they did; we have sinned and are in captivity, but we repent and turn unto thee; command, therefore, deliverances to Jacob, for we are the descendants of him in whose behalf thou hast wrought such wonders.

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  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THOU ART MY KING, O GOD - literally, “Thou art He, my King, O God;” that is, Thou art the same: the same King, and the same God, who didst interpose in the time of the fathers, and thou art he whom I...

  • 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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THOU. Thou Thyself. ART MY KING. art He my King. DELIVERANCES. Plural of majesty. a great deliverance....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _my King_ Cp. Psalms 47:6; Psalms 74:12; 1 Samuel 12:12. The Psalmist speaks in the name of the nation. Cp. Psalms 44:6. _command_ Cp....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THOU ART MY KING, O GOD— _Thou——the same, art my king, O God: command victories for Jacob._ As he was the same God who was still their king, it was equally in his power now to give them success, which...

  • 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 ART MY KING, O GOD: COMMAND DELIVERANCES FOR JACOB._ Thou art my King, O God - literally, 'Thou art He (that is) my King.' Thou art the One that pre-eminently hast kingly authority and irresist...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    44:4 thyself (b-2) Lit. 'Thou, He.' 'Thou [art] the Same.' see Deuteronomy 32:39 , Psalms 102:27 deliverance (c-9) Lit. 'salvations;' see note c, Psalms 42:5 ....

  • 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

    THOU ART MY KING. — Literally, _Thou, He, my king,_ an idiomatic way of making a strong assertion, _Thou, even thou, art my king, O God._ (Comp. Isaiah 43:25.) What God has done in the past may be exp...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[Psalms 44:5]_ אַתָּה ־ה֣וּא מַלְכִּ֣י אֱלֹהִ֑ים צַ֝וֵּ֗ה...

  • 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

    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...

  • 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 art my King, O God: command deliverances for (g) Jacob. (g) Because you are our king, therefore deliver your people from their misery....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Mighty. (Potentissime) Erasmus (Apol. con. Sutor.) complains, that he could not learn, whether this was a noun or an adverb, without consulting the originals. (Amama)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    4._Thou, even thou, art my King, O God! _In this verse the faithful express still more plainly what I have already alluded to a little before, namely, that the goodness of God was not only apparent in...

  • 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 ART MY KING, O GOD,.... Besides the favours God had done for his people in time past, the church takes notice of her interest in God as her King, who was able to protect and defend her, and to de...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob. Ver. 4. _Thou art my King, O God_] Heb. Thou art he, my King; Or, Thou art the same, my King, _i.e._ the same that thou wast to those of old....

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

    _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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Thou art my King, O God, emphatically, "Even Thou Thyself art my King"; COMMAND DELIVERANCES FOR JACOB, for the small flock of the faithful, of the believers of all times;...

  • 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

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    MY KING; Jacob's or Israel's King, in a peculiar manner. The whole people speak like one man, as being united together in one body. COMMAND, i.e. effectually procure by thy commanding word....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 44:4 King H4428 God H430 Command H6680 (H8761) victories H3444 Jacob H3290 my king - Psa

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • 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 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

    Isaiah 33:22; Mark 1:25; Mark 1:26; Mark 1:31; Mark 1:41;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    My king — The whole people speak as one man, being united in one body....

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