Psalm 44:2-3

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

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 44:3

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

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 44:1-3

Speaking for the nation, the psalmist related the account of God giving the Promised Land to His people in Joshua’s days that the forefathers had told. He stressed that God had given Canaan to them by defeating their enemies. The Israelites did not win it by their own strength. Next to the Exodus, the most frequently mentioned period of Israel’s history in the Psalms is the conquest of the land. [Note: Bullock, p. 112.] read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 44:1-8

1. The reason for Israel’s present trust in the Lord 44:1-8The psalmist recalled God’s past faithfulness to Israel’s forefathers and affirmed the nation’s present confidence in the Lord. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 44:1-26

Psalms 44The writer spoke for the nation of Israel in this psalm. He lamented a national disaster, namely, defeat by enemies, and he called on the Lord to deliver. Evidently he could not identify sin in the nation as the cause of this defeat. He attributed it instead to it being "for Your sake" (Psalms 44:22). Israel was apparently suffering because she had remained loyal to God in a world hostile to Him. The basis of the psalmist’s request was God’s faithfulness to the patriarchs and the... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 44:1-26

This is a prayer for deliverance from national trouble which has not been deserved by any apostasy or idolatry. The strong assertions of national faithfulness are akin to the spirit of the Maccabean age, but the conditions indicated in the Ps. may be found also at an earlier date, such as the time of the invasion by Sennacherib in the reign of Hezekiah. God has helped His people in the days of old (Psalms 44:1-3), and they are still confident in Him (Psalms 44:4-8), yet He has allowed their... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 44:2

(2) Thou . . . with thy hand.—Literally, Thou, Thy hand, which may be, as in the Authorised Version, taken as accusative of instrument, or as a repeated subject.And cast them out.—This entirely misses the meaning and destroys the parallelism. The Hebrew word is that used for a treo spreading its branches out; comp. Jeremiah 17:8; Ezekiel 17:6; Ezekiel 31:5, and especially Psalms 80:11, a passage which is simply an amplification of the figure in this verse, viz., of a vine or other exotic,... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 44:3

(3) The light of thy countenance.—Notice the contrast to this in Psalms 44:24; in times of distress God’s face seemed hidden or averted. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Psalms 44:1-26

God's Doings in the Time of Old Psalms 44:1 What God has been to us men we know from history. We know then from history what He will be to us. Now to apply this there are three departments of human life in which this recurrence to the past is of great religious value. I. First there is the family, resting on God's own ordinance, springing out of the most intimate and sacred ties that can unite human beings. Every family has its traditions of the past has its encouragements and its warnings,... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Psalms 44:1-26

Psalms 44:1-26CALVIN says that the authorship of this psalm is uncertain, but that it is abundantly clear that it was composed by anyone rather than David, and that its plaintive contents suit best the time when the savage tyranny of Antiochus raged. No period corresponds to the situation which makes the background of the psalm so completely as the Maccabean, for only then could it be truly said that national calamities fell because of the nation’s rigid monotheism. Other epochs have been... read more

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