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Psalms 44:2-12

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2 you with your own hand 1drove out the nations, but 2them you planted; you afflicted the peoples, but 3them you set free;
3 for not 4by their own sword did they win the land, nor did their own arm save them, but your right hand and your arm, and 5the light of your face, 6for you delighted in them.
4 7You are my King, O God; 8ordain salvation for Jacob!
5 Through you we 9push down our foes; through your name we 10tread down those who rise up against us.
6 For not in 11my bow do I trust, nor can my sword save me.
7 But you have saved us from our foes and have 12put to shame those who hate us.
8 13In God we have boasted continually, and we will give thanks to your name forever. Selah
9 But you have 14rejected us and disgraced us and 15have not gone out with our armies.
10 You have made us 16turn back from the foe, and those who hate us have gotten spoil.
11 You have made us like 17sheep for slaughter and have 18scattered us among the nations.
12 19You have sold your people for a trifle, demanding no high price for them.
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Psalms 44:2-12 Meaning and Commentary

To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil. It is not certain who was the writer of this psalm, nor when it was written, and to what time it belongs: some have thought it was composed by one of the Babylonish captivity, and that it gives an account of the church and people of God in those times; but what is said in Psalm 44:17 does not seem to agree with Daniel 9:5. It is most likely it was written by David, and to him the Targum ascribes it; though it does not respect his times; since what is said in Psalm 44:9 cannot agree with them; yet he being a prophet might, under a prophetic influence, speak of future times, and represent the church in them. Some are of opinion that he prophetically speaks of the times of the Maccabees and of Antiochus, when the church and people of God suffered much for the true religion, and abode steadfast in it; so Theodoret: but rather the whole may be applied to the times of the New Testament, since Psalm 44:22 is cited by the Apostle Paul, Romans 8:36, and is applied to his times, and as descriptive of the suffering state and condition of the church then; and which seems to be the guide and key for the opening of the whole psalm.
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 19

  • 1. Psalms 78:55; Psalms 80:8; Joshua 3:10
  • 2. Exodus 15:17; 2 Samuel 7:10
  • 3. Psalms 80:9-11; [Jeremiah 17:8]
  • 4. Joshua 24:12; Hosea 1:7
  • 5. See Psalms 4:6
  • 6. Deuteronomy 4:37; Deuteronomy 7:7, 8; Deuteronomy 10:15
  • 7. Psalms 74:12
  • 8. See Psalms 42:8
  • 9. [Deuteronomy 33:17; Daniel 8:4]
  • 10. Psalms 60:12
  • 11. [Psalms 33:16; 1 Samuel 17:47]
  • 12. See Psalms 35:4
  • 13. See Psalms 34:2
  • 14. ver. 23; Psalms 43:2; Psalms 60:1, 10; Psalms 74:1; Psalms 108:11; See Psalms 89:38-45
  • 15. [Judges 4:14; 2 Samuel 5:24]
  • 16. Leviticus 26:17; Deuteronomy 28:25; Joshua 7:8, 12
  • 17. [ver. 22]
  • 18. Psalms 106:27; Leviticus 26:33; Deuteronomy 4:27; Deuteronomy 28:64; Isaiah 52:3; Ezekiel 20:23; [John 7:35; 1 Peter 1:1]
  • 19. [Deuteronomy 32:30; Judges 2:14; Judges 3:8; Jeremiah 15:13]
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