Psaume 44:2-12

2 De ta main tu as chassé des nations pour les établir, Tu as frappé des peuples pour les étendre.
3 Car ce n'est point par leur épée qu'ils se sont emparés du pays, Ce n'est point leur bras qui les a sauvés; Mais c'est ta droite, c'est ton bras, c'est la lumière de ta face, Parce que tu les aimais.
4 O Dieu! tu es mon roi: Ordonne la délivrance de Jacob!
5 Avec toi nous renversons nos ennemis, Avec ton nom nous écrasons nos adversaires.
6 Car ce n'est pas en mon arc que je me confie, Ce n'est pas mon épée qui me sauvera;
7 Mais c'est toi qui nous délivres de nos ennemis, Et qui confonds ceux qui nous haïssent.
8 Nous nous glorifions en Dieu chaque jour, Et nous célébrerons à jamais ton nom. -Pause.
9 Cependant tu nous repousses, tu nous couvres de honte, Tu ne sors plus avec nos armées;
10 Tu nous fais reculer devant l'ennemi, Et ceux qui nous haïssent enlèvent nos dépouilles.
11 Tu nous livres comme des brebis à dévorer, Tu nous disperses parmi les nations.
12 Tu vends ton peuple pour rien, Tu ne l'estimes pas à une grande valeur.

Psaume 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.
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