Salmi 44:15-25

15 Tuttodì l’onta mia mi sta dinanzi, e la vergogna mi cuopre la faccia
16 all’udire chi mi vitupera e m’oltraggia, al vedere il nemico ed il vendicativo.
17 Tutto questo ci è avvenuto. Eppure non t’abbiam dimenticato e non siamo stati infedeli al tuo patto.
18 Il nostro cuore non si è rivolto indietro, e i nostri passi non si sono sviati dal tuo sentiero,
19 perché tu ci avessi a fiaccare cacciandoci in dimore di sciacalli, perché tu avessi a stender su noi l’ombra della morte.
20 Se avessimo dimenticato il nome del nostro Dio, e avessimo teso le mani verso un dio straniero,
21 Dio non l’avrebbe egli scoperto? Poich’egli conosce i segreti del cuore.
22 Anzi è per cagion tua che siamo ogni dì messi a morte, e reputati come pecore da macello.
23 Risvegliati! Perché dormi, o Signore? Destati, non rigettarci in perpetuo!
24 Perché nascondi la tua faccia e dimentichi la nostra afflizione e la nostra oppressione?
25 Poiché l’anima nostra è abbattuta nella polvere; il nostro corpo aderisce alla terra.

Salmi 44:15-25 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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