Psalm 44:22 NASB,NASB

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 44:22

(22) For thy sake.—For St. Paul’s quotation of this verse (Romans 8:36), see Note, N. Test. Commentary. read more

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

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Psalms 44:22

44:22 Yea, for thy sake {r} are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.(r) The faithful take comfort in this, that the wicked punish them not for their sins, but for because of God, Matthew 5:10, 1 Peter 4:14. read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Psalms 44:1-26

Psalms 38:0 An appeal to God from chastisement because of iniquity (Psalms 38:1-4 ). The mental anguish is described in figures of physical disease, and yet it is not impossible that such disease may have been part of the chastisement (Psalms 38:5-8 ). The desertion of friends and the opposition of enemies also entered into it (Psalms 38:10-17 ). There are verses susceptible of an application to Christ, but others would prevent its application as a whole to him. Psalms 40:0 Messianic (compare... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Psalms 44:1-26

The Gospel of Providence Psa 44:1 So, we are not inventing a modern providence. The idea of providence personal, domestic, and imperial is not a new idea; we have the advantage of immemorial time. You are fond of antiquity; you go wild over it in some directions. Only point out something that is hoary and dateless, and into what ecstasy people are flung! I do not ask you to believe in mythological antiquity, but in historical time. The Hindu imagination was independent of arithmetic; in the... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Psalms 44:17-22

The apostle seems to have had this scripture in his view, and referred it to the times in which he lived, when, after pointing out the heavy afflictions the church then endured, he quotes a part of this very passage, Romans 8:36 . And it is beautiful and encouraging to remark, how contemptuously the apostle speaks of the vain attempts of persecutors to separate from Christ: and what a blessed conclusion he makes. Romans 8:37 etc. read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 44:17-26

17-26 In afflictions, we must not seek relief by any sinful compliance; but should continually meditate on the truth, purity, and knowledge of our heart-searching God. Hearts sins and secret sins are known to God, and must be reckoned for. He knows the secret of the heart, therefore judges of the words and actions. While our troubles do not drive us from our duty to God, we should not suffer them to drive us from our comfort in God. Let us take care that prosperity and ease do not render us... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Psalms 44:1-26

A Prayer in Times of National Distress. To the chief. musician for the sons of Korah, another hymn composed by a member of this family, Maschil, a didactic poem evidently written at a time when the nation was in great peril, the period of David's wars having been suggested when he was overthrowing the Ammonites and the Edomites took advantage of his absence to make a raid on Southern Canaan, 2 Samuel 10. The psalm finds its application in the life of all Christians, being particularly... read more