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Hawker's Poor man's commentary

Psalms 44:1

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We have here the church, under a cloud, and in this state appealing to the Lord, in the recollection of former deliverances, for present mercy. It forms an interesting subject, though we are not told to what period of the church it refers, or by whom it was written.

To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    PSALM XLIV _The psalmist recounts the mercies of God; shows to his people_ _how God in ancient times gave them the victory over all their_ _enemies_, 1-8; _points out their present miserable state...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    WE HAVE HEARD WITH OUR EARS - That is, it has been handed down by tradition. OUR FATHERS HAVE TOLD US - Our ancestors. They have delivered it down from generation to generation. The word rendered “tol...

  • 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

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _our fathers have told us_ In obedience to the often repeated injunction to hand on the memory of God's marvellous works on behalf of His people. See Exodus 10:2; Exodus 12:26 f.; Exodus 13:8;...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    A retrospect. Not their own valour but God's help and favour gave Israel possession of the land of Canaan....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _The church, in memory of former favours, complaineth of her present evils: professing her integrity, she fervently prayeth for succour._ To the chief musician, for the sons of Korah, Maschil. _TITLE...

  • 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

    _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._ Psalms 44:1.-The Church's prayer for help against pagan foes. She reminds Him o...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    44:1 work (k-26) As Isaiah 45:9 ....

  • 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

    WE HAVE HEARD. — The glorious traditions of ancient deliverances wrought by Jehovah for His people were a sacred heritage of every Hebrew. (See Exodus 10:2; Exodus 12:26, _seq._; Deuteronomy 6:20, etc...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    לַ † מְנַצֵּ֬חַ לִ בְנֵי ־קֹ֬רַח מַשְׂכִּֽיל׃ ...

  • 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

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  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    "To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil." We have heard with our (a) ears, O God, our fathers have told us, [what] work thou didst in their days, in the times of old. (a) This psalm see...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    For them that shall be changed, i.e., For souls happily changed, by being converted to God; (Challoner) or it may allude to the variety of speakers here introduced. (Berthier) --- Protestants leave sh...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    1._O God! we have heard with our ears. _The people of God here recount the goodness which he had formerly manifested towards their fathers, that, by showing the great dissimilarity of their own condit...

  • 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

    WE HAVE HEARD WITH OUR EARS, O GOD,.... The church being in distress calls to mind the past favours of God to his people, in order to encourage her faith and hope; and this expression, delivered in su...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Psalms 44:1 «To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil. » 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. _Maschil_...

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

    We have _heard with our ears_, &c. “We have been certainly informed, O Lord, by our fathers, and we believe what they have told us, not only concerning the wonderful works thou didst in their times, b...

  • 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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    We have heard with our ears, O God, in the form of instruction in vogue among the children of Israel, where every housefather informed his children regarding the great works of God, Exodus 10:2; Exodu...

  • 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

    PSALM 44 THE ARGUMENT There is no certainty, either concerning the author or the particular occasion of this Psalm. This is evident, that it was composed with respect unto the calamitous condition of...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 44:1 Musician H5329 (H8764) Contemplation H4905 (H8688) sons H1121 Korah H7141 heard H8085 (H8804) ears...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    A DESCRIPTION OF WHAT GOD HAS DONE FOR HIS PEOPLE IN THE PAST (PSALMS 44:1). The Psalmist first calls to mind how it was God Who gave His people victory when they initially took possession of the lan...

  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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