Psalm 44

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 44:2

Psalms 44:2. How thou didst afflict, &c.— How thou didst enfeeble the nations, and spread them;—our fathers, Psalms 44:1. That is, madest them shoot forth their roots and branches, which they were enabled to do by enfeebling their enemies, as they were first planted in the place from whence they were removed. See Mudge and Houbigant. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 44:3

Psalms 44:3. The light of thy countenance— This expression here seems to signify the special, the majestic presence of God, visibly presiding over the army of the Israelites, by a light shining cloud going before them and conducting them; so that the words here will be best rendered by the light of thy presence, and not by the light of thy countenance; which is the same with God's favour, the mention whereof follows in the next words, as the ground or reason of this his shining presence, and... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 44:4

Psalms 44:4. Thou art my king, O God— Thou——the same, art my king, O God: command victories for Jacob. As he was the same God who was still their king, it was equally in his power now to give them success, which they would take care never to attribute to their own strength, but to the blessing of God upon them. Mudge. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 44:9

Psalms 44:9. But— ףּא ap: The force of the particle seems to be this: "Instead of giving us victory, thou hast even cast us off." read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 44:12

Psalms 44:12. Thou sellest thy people for nought— "Sufferest them to be sold for slaves at a very inconsiderable price." This expression implies the low esteem in which they were with the Deity. The next expression, according to Dr. Hammond, means, "We are thus sadly handled, without the comfort of bringing in any honour to thee by our calamities; since thy church among us is defaced, and no other people taken instead of us, by whom thy name may be glorified." read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 44:19

Psalms 44:19. Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons— Though thou hast crushed us down into the place of serpents; i.e. under the earth, expressed afterwards by the shadow of death. It is explained by the 25th verse, where there is the same image of serpents. The Psalmist designs to express a hopeless and forlorn condition, as in Psalms 44:22. See Isaiah 34:13; Isaiah 35:7. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 44:22

Psalms 44:22. Yea, for thy sake are we killed— i.e. As professing thy religion, and not willing to have any inter-community with the false gods of the heathen; for it is well known, that the Jews were exposed to a variety of evils from their conquerors, on account of their strict adherence to the Mosaic law. Houbigant observes, that as this and the like passages in this Psalm may be applied primarily to the captive and persecuted Jews, so do they, in a secondary sense, refer to suffering... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 44

PSALM 44 :-. In a time of great national distress, probably in David's reign, the Psalmist recounts God's gracious dealings in former times, and the confidence they had learned to repose in Him. After a vivid picture of their calamities, he humbly expostulates against God's apparent forgetfulness, reminding Him of their faithfulness and mourning their heavy sorrows. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 44:1

1-3. This period is that of the settlement of Canaan (Joshua 24:12; Judges 6:3). have told—or, "related" (compare Exodus 10:2). read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 44:2

2. plantedst them—that is, "our fathers," who are also, from the parallel construction of the last clause, to be regarded as the object of "cast them out," which means—literally, "send" them out, or, "extend them." Heathen and people denote the nations who were driven out to make room for the Israelites. read more

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 44:2

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 44:3

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 44:4

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 44:9

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 44:12

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 44:19

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 44:22

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 44

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 44:1

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 44:2

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