詩篇 44:20, 詩篇 44:21 JCB

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 44:17-26

The people of God, being greatly afflicted and oppressed, here apply to him; whither else should they go? I. By way of appeal, concerning their integrity, which he only is an infallible judge of, and which he will certainly be the rewarder of. Two things they call God to witness to:? 1. That, though they suffered these hard things, yet they kept close to God and to their duty (Ps. 44:17): ?All this has come upon us, and it is as bad perhaps as bad can be, yet have we not forgotten thee,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 44:20

If we have forgotten the name of our God ,.... As antichrist, and the antichristian party did in those times, Daniel 11:36 ; or stretched out our hands to a strange god ; as not to any of the Heathen deities under the Pagan persecutions, so not to any images of gold, silver, brass, and wood, under the Papal tyranny; not to the Virgin Mary, nor to angels and saints departed; nor to the breaden God in the mass, never heard of before; see Daniel 11:38 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 44:20

If we have forgotten the name of our God - That name, יהוה Jehovah , by which the true God was particularly distinguished, and which implied the exclusion of all other objects of adoration. Or stretched out our hands - Made supplication; offered prayer or adoration to any strange god - a god that we had not known, nor had been acknowledged by our fathers. It has already been remarked, that from the time of the Babylonish captivity the Jews never relapsed into idolatry. It was... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 44:20

If we have forgotten the name of our God - That is, if we have apostatized from him.Or stretched out our hands to a strange god - Or have been guilty of idolatry. The act of stretching out the hands, or spreading forth the hands, was significant of worship or prayer: 1Ki 8:22; 2 Chronicles 6:12-13; see the notes at Isaiah 1:15. The idea here is, that this was not the cause or reason of their calamities; that if this had occurred, it would have been a sufficient reason for what had taken place;... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 44:19-21

Psalms 44:19-21. Thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons By inflicting upon us one breach after another, thou hast at last brought us to this pass; that we are become like a place extremely desolate, such as dragons love, (Isaiah 13:21-22,) and therefore full of horror and danger; and covered us with the shadow of death With deadly horrors and miseries. If we have forgotten the name of God That is, God himself, or his worship and service; or stretched out our hands to strange... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 44:17-26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 44:20

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 44:20

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 44:20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 44:20

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 44:19-21

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