Psalm 44

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 44:6

For I will not trust in my bow ,.... In any carnal weapon, in any creature help and assistance, or in an arm of flesh, but in the word of the Lord, and in his name; see Psalm 20:7 ; neither shall my sword save me ; that is, I will not ascribe salvation to it; the church's weapons are not carnal, but spiritual; not the sword of the civil magistrate, but the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God; Christ's kingdom, being not of this world, is not supported and defended by worldly... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 44:7

But thou hast saved us from our enemies ,.... Spiritual ones, and not we ourselves; and therefore will not trust in ourselves, nor in anything of ours, but in the Lord, and give him the glory of salvation; and hast put them to shame that hated us ; the men of the world, the seed of the serpent, and the serpent himself, when his works were destroyed, and his principalities and powers spoiled by Christ upon the cross; hence the following boasting of the Lord, and glorying in him. read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 44:8

In God we boast all the day long ,.... Or, as the Targum, "in the word of the Lord", in Christ, who is God over all, and who of God is made to his church and people wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption; so that there is always matter of glorying and boasting in him; and praise thy name for ever and ever ; in this world, as long as life continues; and in the other world to all eternity; both for the works of providence and of grace; for deliverances commanded, and for... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 44:9

But thou hast cast off ,.... This, with what follows to Psalm 44:17 , describe the desolate and afflicted state of the church, under the Gospel dispensation, in some parts and ages of it; and in the light in which it was viewed by the church, previous to the encouragement she took from the consideration of favours and benefits formerly bestowed, and of her covenant interest in God, related in the preceding verses. She looked upon herself as cast off, because afflicted and persecuted, and... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 44:10

Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy ,.... In the times of Eli, according to Arama; but may he understood of some of the visible members of the church, and professors of religion, not being valiant for the truth, and deserting the cause of God and Christ, by reason of tribulation and persecution arising because of the word; and they which hate us spoil for themselves ; by seizing on the goods and substance of those they persecuted; enriching themselves by confiscating their estates... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 44:11

Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat ,.... To be butchered, and then eaten as sheep are; and therefore are called "the flock of slaughter", Zechariah 11:4 ; as the church was, not only under the ten persecutions of Rome Pagan, but through the butcheries and massacres of Rome Papal; who have worried many of Christ's sheep, have eaten their flesh and drank their blood, and have become drunken with it; it has been their meat and drink to persecute the saints of the most High; ... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 44:12

Thou sellest thy people for nought ,.... So God, when he is said to deliver up his people into the hands of their enemies, is said to sell them to them; see Judges 2:14 ; and selling them for nought suggests, that in their apprehensions he had no esteem of them and value for them; just as men, when they have any person or thing to dispose of they have no regard unto, but choose to be rid of, will part with it for nothing: and as it follows, and dost not increase thy wealth by their... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 44:13

Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours ,.... Which is the common lot of Christians: Christ and his apostles have given reason for the saints in all ages to expect it, and have fortified their minds to bear it patiently, yea, to esteem it an honour, and greater riches than the treasures of the antichristian Egypt; a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us ; being always represented as mean and despicable, and reckoned ignorant and accursed, and as the faith of the world,... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 44:14

Thou makest us a byword among the Heathen ,.... Among the Papists, as the Jews were among the Gentiles, Deuteronomy 28:37 ; calling them schismatics, heretics, fanatics, and what not? a shaking of the head among the people ; by way of indignation, scorn, and contempt; see Psalm 22:7 . read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 44:15

My confusion is continually before me ,.... Meaning that which is the occasion of it; and the shame of my face hath covered me ; not by reason of sin, which is often the cause of confusion and shame in God's people; see Jeremiah 3:25 ; but on account of what follows. read more

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