Psalm 44:12-26

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 44:9-15

The people of God here complain to him of the low and afflicted condition that they were now in, under the prevailing power of their enemies and oppressors, which was the more grievous to them because they were now trampled upon, who had always been used, in their struggles with their neighbours, to win the day and get the upper hand, and because those were now their oppressors whom they had many a time triumphed over and made tributaries, and especially because they had boasted in their God... read more

Matthew Henry

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 44:12

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

John Gill

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

John Gill

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

John Gill

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 44:16

For the voice, of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth ,.... That is, antichrist, to whom a mouth speaking blasphemies has been given, and which he has opened in blasphemy against God, attributing that to himself which belongs to God; blaspheming his name, his tabernacle, and them that well in heaven; see Revelation 13:5 ; by reason of the enemy and avenger ; which are very proper characters of antichrist, who is the enemy of Christ and of his people, and breathes out vengeance against... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 44:17

All this is come upon us ,.... Not by chance, but according to the purpose and counsel of God; not for sin, and as a punishment of it, but for Christ's sake and his Gospel; for a profession of faith in him, and for the trial of it; yet have we not forgotten thee ; not the being and perfections of God, on which they often meditated, especially as displayed in the affair of salvation by Jesus Christ; nor the works of God, which were remembered to encourage faith and hope in their present... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 44:18

Our heart is not turned back ,.... To its original hardness, blindness, and bondage, to its former sin and folly, to cherish, gratify, and fulfil its lusts and desires; not from God, from love to him, faith in him, and desires after him; nor from his worship and service; their trials had no such influence upon them as to cause them to apostatize from God, neither in heart, nor in action; neither have our steps declined from thy way ; from the way of his commandments, from the paths of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 44:19

Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons ,.... Where men, comparable to dragons or their poison and cruelty, dwell; particularly in Rome, and the Roman jurisdiction, both Pagan and Papal, the seat of Satan the great red dragon, and of his wretched brood and offspring, the beast, to whom he has given his power; here the saints and followers of Christ have been sorely afflicted and persecuted, and yet have held fast the name of Christ, and not denied his faith; see Revelation... read more

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