Psalm 44:6 NASB,NASB

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

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Psalms 44:6

"Handfuls of Purpose" For All Gleaners "I will freely sacrifice unto thee." Psa 44:6 If we take the word "freely" as equivalent to freewill we see what a scope love has in the offering of sacrifices unto God. The verse might be rendered "I will offer a freewill sacrifice." Some offerings we must make, not of our own freewill but by the compulsion of nature, by all the necessities which represent the sterner aspects of life. Some tributes are forced from us. We are obliged to wait for the... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Psalms 44:4-8

What an unanswerable appeal this is for success in player! If God be our king, will he not help and defend his own subjects? And, if we use the same argument in a gospel sense; if Jesus be our Redeemer and hath bought us with his blood, will he not have an eye to his own property? What a charming encouragement the apostle took from hence. Who delivered us (saith he) from so great a death, and doth deliver, in whom we trust he will yet deliver. 2 Corinthians 1:10 . read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Psalms 44:6

Fall. This seems to be placed too soon, in order to shew the rapidity of the conquest. (Calmet) --- "Thy arrows are sharp, shot into the hearts," &c. (Haydock) --- Some explain in corde, (as the Hebrew, Septuagint, &c., read) of the voluntary submission of those who had formerly been enemies of the Messias. (St. Chrysostom, &c.) --- "Thy sharp arrows, the people subject to thee, shall fall into," &c. --- Men are sometimes represented as arrows, Isaias xlix. 2. (Berthier) read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 44:1-8

1-8 Former experiences of God's power and goodness are strong supports to faith, and powerful pleas in prayer under present calamities. The many victories Israel obtained, were not by their own strength or merit, but by God's favour and free grace. The less praise this allows us, the more comfort it affords, that we may see all as coming from the favour of God. He fought for Israel, else they had fought in vain. This is applicable to the planting of the Christian church in the world, which was... 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

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Psalms 44:1-26

Psalms 44:0To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil1 We have heard with our ears,O God, our fathers have told us,What work thou didst in their days,In the times of old.2 How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and, plantedst them,How thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.3 For they got not the land in possession by their own sword,Neither did their own arm save them:But thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance,Because... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Psalms 44:1-8

Courage from Former Deliverances Psalms 44:1-8 This psalm, like Psalms 60:1-12 , came out of one of the early wars in David’s reign, as described in 2 Samuel 8:13-14 . Some refer it to 2 Chronicles 20:1-37 . It befits the Church when her former prosperous state contrasts sadly with her depressed and suffering condition. It is a great argument in prayer when we can quote to God the mighty things of the past, and ask that He should do the same again. The great revivals and advances of the past... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Psalms 44:1-26

The final meaning of this psalm is discovered in its last four verses. It is a prayer for deliverance from defeat. Its strength of appeal lies in its recognition of the government of God. He is the Author of good and evil. Of course, evil is used here in the sense of disaster and calamity. The psalmist sings of the God of good first (verses Psa 44:1-8 ). There is a double recognition of this. History attests it. The testimony of the fathers affirms it. They had originally come into possession... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 44:4-8

The Psalmist Expresses His General Confidence In the Fact That God Will In The Future Fight For Them And Act On Their Behalf As He Has In The Past (Psalms 44:4-8 ). The Psalmist speaks in the singular as well as in the plural, and speaks of ‘my sword’, which suggests that he is the king. But here he allots the supreme Kingship to God, and calls on Him to act as their King and deliver His people. This was part of a King’s responsibility. He points out that he is putting all his trust in Him.... read more