Salmi 44:9-19

9 Ma ora ci hai reietti e coperti d’onta, e non esci più coi nostri eserciti.
10 Tu ci fai voltar le spalle davanti al nemico, e quelli che ci odiano ci depredano.
11 Ci hai dati via come pecore da mangiare, e ci hai dispersi fra le nazioni.
12 Tu vendi il tuo popolo per un nulla, e non ti sei tenuto alto nel fissarne il prezzo.
13 Tu ci fai oggetto d’obbrobrio per i nostri vicini, di beffe e di scherno per quelli che ci stan d’intorno.
14 Tu ci rendi la favola delle nazioni, e i popoli scuotono il capo, quando si tratta di noi.
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.

Salmi 44:9-19 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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