Psaumes 44:18-22 BDS

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 44:19

Verse 19 19Although thou hast broken us in the place of dragons. In the Hebrew it is, For thou hast broken us, etc.; but the causal particle, כי, ki, according to the idiom of the Hebrew language, is often taken in the sense of although or when. (146) And certainly it must be so rendered in this place, for these three verses are connected, and the sentence is incomplete till the end of the words, For he knoweth the secrets of the heart. The faithful repeat more largely what we have already... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 44:21

Verse 21 21Shall not God search this out? We have here a solemn and emphatic protestation, in which the people of God dare to appeal to him as the judge of their integrity and uprightness. From this it appears, that they did not plead their cause openly before men, but communed with themselves as if they had been before the judgment-seat of God; and moreover, as a token of still greater confidence, they add, that nothing is hidden from God. Why is it that hypocrites often call God to witness,... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 44:22

Verse 22 22Surely for thy sake we are killed all the day. Here the faithful urge another reason why God should show mercy to them, namely, that they are subjected to sufferings not on account of crimes committed by themselves, but simply because the ungodly, from hatred to the name of God, are opposed to them. “This,” it may be said, “seems at first sight a foolish complaint, for the answer which Socrates gave to his wife was apparently more to the purpose, when, upon her lamenting that he was... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 44:1-26

The occasion of the psalm is some serious reverse which the Israelites had sustained in a war with foreign enemies, but who were the enemies, and when exactly the reverse was sustained, are uncertain. No doubt there were many temporary reverses in the course of David's wars, after one of which the psalm may have been written. The psalm divides itself into four parts. In part 1. ( Psalms 60:1-8 ) the writer recounts God's mercies in the past, and from them confidently concludes that... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 44:1-26

In the days of old. From this psalm we may learn three great lessons— I. WE ARE TAUGHT TO SEE GOD 'S HAND IN HISTORY . There is no such thing as chance. "The chapter of accidents," as some one has well said, "is the Bible of the fool." There are differences in the nations and the ages; but God is in all. We acknowledge how God was with the Jews; but we are not so ready to admit that he had to do just as really and truly with other peoples. The difference, in the case... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 44:1-26

A prayer for help against foreign enemies. The train of thought is this: "Thou hast helped us, thou must help us; but thou hast not helped us; yet have we not by any guilt on our part cut ourselves off from thy help; do thou therefore help us." The problem of suffering , as argued in this psalm, is similar to the problem in the Book of Job. That God should not help them — I. WAS INCONSISTENT WITS GOD 'S PAST TREATMENT OF THEM . (Verses 1-3.) Their fathers had told... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 44:17-22

In this third stanza the psalmist strongly emphasizes his complaint by maintaining that the calamities from which they are suffering have not come upon the people through any fault of their own, or been in any way provoked or deserved He is, perhaps, over-confident; but we cannot doubt that he is sincere in the belief, which he expresses, that the people, both before and during their calamities, have been obedient and faithful to God, wholly free from idolatry, and exemplary in their conduct... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 44:18

Our heart is not turned back; i.e. turned away from God, as it was when they passed through the wilderness ( Psalms 78:41 ). Neither have our steps declined from thy way . Neither in respect of inward feeling nor of outward act have we strayed from the right path. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 44:19

Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons; rather, in the place of jackals ; i.e. in wild and desolate regions, where jackals abound (comp. Isaiah 13:22 ; Isaiah 34:13 ). The expression is probably used metaphorically. And covered us with the shadow of death. Brought us, i.e; into imminent peril of destruction (see Psalms 44:10 , Psalms 44:11 ). read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 44:20

If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out (rather, spread out ) our hands to a strange god . If Israel had either forgotten the true God (see above, Psalms 44:17 ) or fallen away to the worship of false or strange gods—then her ill success against her foreign enemies would have been fully accounted for, since it would only have been in accordance with the threatenings of the Law (Le 26:14-17; Deuteronomy 28:15-23 ); but as she had done neither of these things, her... read more

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 44:19

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 44:21

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 44:22

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 44:1-26

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 44:1-26

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 44:1-26

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 44:17-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 44:18

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 44:19

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 44:20

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