Psalm 44:21 NASB,NASB

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 44:21

Shall not God search this out? - That is, If this had been the case, it would be known to God. If, as a nation, we had been given to idolatry, or if our hearts had been secretly alienated from the true God, though there had been no open manifestation of apostasy, yet that could not have been concealed from him. The question here asked implies a solemn declaration on the part of the psalmist that this was not so; or that there was no such national apostasy from God, and no such prevalence of... 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

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Psalms 44:1-26

Psalms 44:0 Has God forgotten his people?Some national disaster has overtaken Israel and the people ask if God has deserted them. The tone of the psalm is not one of humility, but one of outspoken boldness in questioning God’s purposes. It shows some lack of faith and submission before God (cf. Romans 8:28,Romans 8:31-39). But God may yet be gracious and answer such a prayer.Through the words of the psalmist the people recall how God enabled their ancestors to conquer and inhabit Canaan (1-3).... 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

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 44:17-22

3. The nation’s continuing trust in the Lord 44:17-22 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 44:20-22

Their defeat and humiliation were not the consequences of apostasy. They suffered innocently for some unknown reason. It seemed as though God allowed Israel’s enemy to slaughter some of His sheep for purposes known only to Him.The Apostle Paul quoted Psalms 44:22 in Romans 8:36 as proof that even though God’s people suffer, God does not forsake them. 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

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

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Psalms 44:1-26

Psalms 44:0 The Increased Cry for Deliverance 1. My King, O God! Command deliverances (Psalms 44:1-8 ) 2. Trouble upon trouble and confusion (Psalms 44:9-21 ) 3. Awake! Arise for our help! (Psalms 44:22-26 ) The third Maschil Psalm. They remember the days of old, what God did for His covenant people in the past, how He gave them the land with an outstretched arm and delivered them from their enemies. They own Him as King and call on Him to command deliverances for Jacob. Then they utter... read more

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 44:21

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

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Psalms 44:1-26

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

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 44:17-22

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 44:20-22

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

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

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

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Psalms 44:1-26

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