Salmos 44:1-11

1 Ó Deus, nós ouvimos com os nossos ouvidos, nossos pais nos têm contado os feitos que realizaste em seus dias, nos tempos da antigüidade.
2 Tu expeliste as nações com a tua mão, mas a eles plantaste; afligiste os povos, mas a eles estendes-te largamente.
3 Pois não foi pela sua espada que conquistaram a terra, nem foi o seu braço que os salvou, mas a tua destra e o teu braço, e a luz do teu rosto, porquanto te agradaste deles.
4 Tu és o meu Rei, ó Deus; ordena livramento para Jacó.
5 Por ti derrubamos os nossos adversários; pelo teu nome pisamos os que se levantam contra nós.
6 Pois não confio no meu arco, nem a minha espada me pode salvar.
7 Mas tu nos salvaste dos nossos adversários, e confundiste os que nos odeiam.
8 Em Deus é que nos temos gloriado o dia todo, e sempre louvaremos o teu nome.
9 Mas agora nos rejeitaste e nos humilhaste, e não sais com os nossos exércitos.
10 Fizeste-nos voltar as costas ao inimigo e aqueles que nos odeiam nos despojam � vontade.
11 Entregaste-nos como ovelhas para alimento, e nos espalhaste entre as nações.

Salmos 44:1-11 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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