Psaume 44:1-7

1 Au maître-chantre. Cantique des enfants de Coré.

2 O Dieu! nous avons entendu de nos oreilles, nos pères nous ont raconté l'œuvre que tu as faite en leur temps, aux jours d'autrefois.

3 Par ta main tu as chassé les nations et tu as établi nos pères; tu as brisé les peuples pour leur faire place.

4 Car ce n'est pas par leur épée qu'ils ont conquis le pays, et ce n'est pas leur bras qui les a sauvés; c'est ta droite, et ton bras, et la lumière de ta face, car tu les aimais.

5 C'est toi, ô Dieu! qui es mon Roi; ordonne la délivrance de Jacob.

6 Par toi nous frapperons nos ennemis; par ton nom nous foulerons ceux qui s'élèvent contre nous.

7 Car je ne me confie pas en mon arc; ce n'est pas mon épée qui me sauvera.

Psaume 44:1-7 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.