Salmi 44:2-12

2 Tu, colla tua mano, scacciasti le genti, e piantasti i nostri padri; Tu disertasti le nazioni, e propagginasti i nostri padri.
3 Perciocchè essi non conquistarono il paese colla loro spada, E il braccio loro non li salvò; Anzi la tua destra, e il tuo braccio, e la luce del tuo volto; Perciocchè tu li gradivi.
4 Tu, o Dio, sei lo stesso mio Re; Ordina le salvazioni di Giacobbe.
5 Per te noi cozzeremo i nostri nemici; Nel tuo Nome noi calpesteremo coloro che si levano contro a noi.
6 Perciocchè io non mi confido nel mio arco, E la mia spada non mi salverà.
7 Anzi tu ci salverai da’ nostri nemici, E renderai confusi quelli che ci odiano.
8 Noi ci glorieremo tuttodì in Dio, E celebreremo il tuo Nome in perpetuo. Sela.
9 E pure tu ci hai scacciati, e ci hai svergognati; E non esci più co’ nostri eserciti.
10 Tu ci hai fatto voltar le spalle dinanzi al nemico; E quelli che ci odiano ci hanno predati.
11 Tu ci hai ridotti ad esser come pecore da mangiare; E ci hai dispersi fra le genti.
12 Tu hai venduto il tuo popolo senza danari, E non hai fatto alcuno avanzo de’ lor prezzi.

Salmi 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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