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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,...
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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...
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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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THOU. Thou Thyself.
ART MY KING. art He my King.
DELIVERANCES. Plural of majesty. a great deliverance....
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_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....
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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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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...
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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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_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...
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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 ....
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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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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...
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_[Psalms 44:5]_ אַתָּה ־ה֣וּא מַלְכִּ֣י
אֱלֹהִ֑ים צַ֝וֵּ֗ה...
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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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_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)_...
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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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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...
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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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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...
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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....
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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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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;...
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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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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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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....
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Psalms 44:4 King H4428 God H430 Command H6680 (H8761) victories H3444
Jacob H3290
my king - Psa
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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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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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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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Isaiah 33:22; Mark 1:25; Mark 1:26; Mark 1:31; Mark 1:41;...
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My king — The whole people speak as one man, being united in one
body....