E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 44:6
trust = confide. Hebrew. batah . App-69 . bow . . . sword. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), for military science. Compare 2 Kings 19:32 . read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 44:7
But = For, as in Psalms 44:3 . hast saved = didst save. Referring to verses: Psalms 44:1-4 . hast put = didst put. Referring to verses: Psalms 44:1-4 . read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 44:8
boast = have boasted. Selah. Connecting the wondrous past with the distressing present, introducing the reason which called forth the Psalm itself, and marking the important break determining the Structure. See App-66 . read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 44:9
But = But now. Hebrew. 'aph (not ki, as in Psalms 44:3 and Psalms 44:7 ). Very emphatic, marking great contrast, as in Psalms 68:16 ("Yea"). Some codices, with Aramaean, read "Howbeit". cast off (as with contempt). Compare Psalms 43:2 . Some codices, with Syriac, read "cast us off". read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 44:10
spoil for themselves = have plundered at their will; first occurrence Judges 2:14 . See Sennacherib's boast on his cylinder. App-67 . Some codices, with Aram, and Syriac, read "plundered us", &c. read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 44:11
sheep appointed for meat. Hebrew sheep of devouring. Genitive of Relation ( App-17 ). Compare Romans 8:36 . scattered us. Israel had already been removed. Sennacherib says he had taken away 200,150 ( App-67 ). read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 44:13
a reproach. Compare Rab-shakeh's harangue (2 Kings 18:27-35 ) with verses: Psalms 44:13 , Psalms 44:14 . See App-67 . read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 44:16
avenger = him that taketh vengeance. Compare Psalms 8:2 . Here = Sennacherib. read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 44:18
steps = goings. Plural in many codices, with one early printed edition, Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate; but some codices, with nine early printed editions, read singular. read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 44:5
enemies = adversaries. Thy name . See note on Psalms 20:1 . read more