Salmi 44:1

1 Al capo de’ musici. Dei figliuoli di Core. Cantico. O Dio, noi abbiamo udito coi nostri orecchi, i nostri padri ci hanno raccontato l’opera che compisti ai loro giorni, ai giorni antichi.

Salmi 44:1 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 44:1

We have heard with our ears, O God
The church being in distress calls to mind the past favours of God to his people, in order to encourage her faith and hope; and this expression, delivered in such a form, shows the clearness, evidence, and certainty of what was heard; and which was heard not only as a tradition from father to son; but being recorded in the writings of Moses and the prophets, and these things read both in private and in public, were heard with the ear;

our fathers have told us [what] works thou didst in their days, in the
times of old:
such as the signs and wonders in Egypt, the slaying of the firstborn there, and the bringing of the people of Israel from thence with a mighty hand and outstretched arm; which fathers were used to tell in the ears of their sons, and sons' sons; and of which there were memorials continued in future ages, which led children to ask their parents the meaning of them; when they informed them of the wondrous works of Providence done in former times, and by which means they were handed down from age to age: see ( Exodus 10:2 ) ( 12:26 ) ( 13:8 ) .

Salmi 44:1 In-Context

1 Al capo de’ musici. Dei figliuoli di Core. Cantico. O Dio, noi abbiamo udito coi nostri orecchi, i nostri padri ci hanno raccontato l’opera che compisti ai loro giorni, ai giorni antichi.

2 Tu con la tua mano scacciasti le nazioni e stabilisti i nostri padri; distruggesti dei popoli per estender loro.

3 Poiché essi non conquistarono il paese con la loro spada, né fu il loro braccio che li salvò, ma la tua destra, il tuo braccio, la luce del tuo volto, perché li gradivi.

4 Tu sei il mio re, o Dio, ordina la salvezza di Giacobbe!

5 Con te noi abbatteremo i nostri nemici, nel tuo nome calpesteremo quelli che si levan contro a noi.