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Verse Psalms 44:5. _THROUGH THEE WILL WE PUSH DOWN_] _Through thy_
WORD, במימרא _bemeimra_, "Thy substantial Word." - _Chaldee_. If
thou be with us, who can be successfully against us? Literally "We
w...
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THROUGH THEE - By thy help. “Will we push down our enemies.” The
word here rendered “push down” means literally to strike or push
with the horns, spoken of horned animals, Exodus 21:28, Exodus 21:31....
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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! (Psalms 44:2...
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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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ENEMIES. adversaries.
THY NAME. See note on Psalms 20:1....
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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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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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_THROUGH THEE WILL WE PUSH DOWN OUR ENEMIES: THROUGH THY NAME WILL WE
TREAD THEM UNDER THAT RISE UP AGAINST US._
Through thee will we push down our enemies. Faith speaks, triumphing
over sense. In sp...
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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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PUSH DOWN. — The image of the original is lost here, the LXX. have
retained it. It is that of a buffalo or other horned animal driving
back and goring its enemies. Deuteronomy 33:17 applies it as a sp...
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_[Psalms 44:6]_ בְּ֭ךָ צָרֵ֣ינוּ נְנַגֵּ֑חַ
בְּ֝ שִׁמְךָ֗ נָב֥וּס קָמֵֽינוּ׃...
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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 2
Chronicles 20:1. It b...
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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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(h) Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will
we tread them under that rise up against us.
(h) Because they and their forefathers made both one Church, they
apply that to them...
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_Reign. Devise, execute, and perfect the establishment of thy
spiritual kingdom. (Worthington) --- Solomon was no warrior; but he
only wanted enemies to be so. The sword of Christ is his word,
(Hebrew...
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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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5._Through thee we have pushed, or smitten, with the horn our
adversaries. _(135) The prophet here declares in what respect God had
manifested himself to be the King of this people. He did so by
inves...
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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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THROUGH THEE WILL WE PUSH DOWN OUR ENEMIES,.... The Chaldee paraphrase
renders it, "through the Word": the essential Word of God, the Lord
Jesus Christ, who is the church's King and God, and has wroug...
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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.
Ver. 5. _Through thee will we push down our enemies_] _Cornu petemus,_
a metaphor from h...
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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 n...
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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 streng...
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PUSH DOWN, Heb. smite with the horn, i.e. subdue and destroy. The
phrase is taken from DEUTERONOMY 33:17, and is borrowed from horned
beasts. Compare 1 KINGS 22:11. THROUGH THY NAME, i.e. by the help...
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Psalms 44:5 down H5055 (H8762) enemies H6862 name H8034 trample H947
(H8799) up H6965 (H8801)
Through thee - Psalms 18:39-42, Psalms 118:10-13; Isaiah 41:14-16;
Php_4:13
push - Deuteronomy 33:17;...
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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 a...
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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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1 Kings 22:11; Daniel 8:4; Deuteronomy 33:17; Isaiah 41:14;
Philippians 4:13; Psalms 108:13; Psalms 118:10; Psalms 18:39; Psalms
60:12;...