Psalm 44:4

4 Du, Gott, bist mein König, der du Jakob Hilfe verheißest.

Psalm 44:4 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 44:4

Thou art my King, O God
Besides the favours God had done for his people in time past, the church takes notice of her interest in God as her King, who was able to protect and defend her, and to deliver her out of all her distresses, in order the more to strengthen her faith and hope in him; and, claiming her interest in him, she draws nigh to him with an holy boldness, and desires him as a King, that by a word of his (for where the word of a king is, there is power) he would

command deliverances for Jacob;
not literally, but mystically understood; the spiritual Jacob, and people of God; all Israelites indeed, in whom there is no guile; meaning herself and members: the blessing desired is "deliverances", or "salvations"; so called, because the, deliverance or salvation the Lord commands grants, and works out for his people, is of different kinds, both spiritual and, temporal, and is a deliverance from various things; from sin, Satan, the present evil world, wrath to come, and all enemies; and out of various temptations and afflictions, and which follow successively one upon another; and at last it is complete and perfect.

Psalm 44:4 In-Context

2 Du hast mit deiner Hand die Heiden vertrieben, aber sie hast du eingesetzt; du hast die Völker verderbt, aber sie hast du ausgebreitet.

3 Denn sie haben das Land nicht eingenommen durch ihr Schwert, und ihr Arm half ihnen nicht, sondern deine Rechte, dein Arm und das Licht deines Angesichts; denn du hattest Wohlgefallen an ihnen.

4 Du, Gott, bist mein König, der du Jakob Hilfe verheißest.

5 Durch dich wollen wir unsre Feinde zerstoßen; in deinem Namen wollen wir untertreten, die sich wider uns setzen.

6 Denn ich verlasse mich nicht auf meinen Bogen, und mein Schwert kann mir nicht helfen;