5. Through thee will we push down If our theocratic King be the same now as of old, deliverance shall come to Jacob now as then. Push down… tread them under An allusion to the mode of attack of the buffalo, whose strength is in his horns and neck. read more
8. In God we boast Or, rather, dropping the preposition as a pleonasm, God we have praised all the day. Praise… for ever Give thanks forever. The past and future are here embraced. The praise already given for former mercies shall be the pledge of future and endless thanksgiving. read more
9-16. The strain suddenly turns to lamentation and complaint, and the poet spreads the national distress before God. Psalms 44:9-12 clearly portray a state of war, of general defeat, and of the captivity and slavery of multitudes. See introduction, and reference there made. Thou hast cast off All their distress results from this one cause. Goest not forth with our armies In vain did they muster their hosts when God was not with them. They… spoil for themselves That is, at will, to... read more
17. All this is come All mentioned in Psalms 44:9-16. Yet have we not forgotten thee Psalms 44:17-22 contain the assertion of the kingdom of Judah’s fidelity to God, emphatically during Hezekiah’s reign, which was more closely modelled after David’s example, and more uniformly pious, than that of any other king of Judah, except the brief reign of Josiah. read more
19. Place of dragons If תנים ( tannim, dragons) is the name for jackals, as is commonly supposed, their “place” must signify the locality or regions where they inhabit, frequent, or congregate nightly, (for they go in large companies.) Thus while the surviving captives were sold into slavery till they brought no price, (Psalms 44:12,) their dead in battle were left to be devoured on battle fields, where jackals congregated. See on Psalms 63:10, and Judges 15:4 read more
20. If we have forgotten Compare Job 31:0 read more
21. Shall not God search this The psalmist appeals to the omniscience of God for the confirmation of his words. read more
22. For thy sake Because of thee we are killed. The issue was a religious one, and the cause was Jehovah’s. The war had come upon Hezekiah because he had renounced allegiance to the king of Assyria, which Ahaz, his father, had impiously tendered for political ends, having first declined the offered help of the Lord. See 2 Kings 16:7; Isaiah 7:0; Isaiah 8:0; 2 Kings 18:7. In this Hezekiah had acted in the integrity of a theocratic king, but it drew down upon him the wrath of Sennacherib. ... read more
23. Awake An anthropomorphism. God appears to sleep when he withholds answer to prayer, and help from the distressed. The same impassioned language is used in Psalms 44:24. Psalms 44:23-26; Psalms 44:23-26 are an earnest cry for help. read more
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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 44:4
4. Thou art my King Literally, Thou art he, my King. This same God is still confessed to be Israel’s King. The retrospect emboldens faith. Deliverances Salvations; the plural used for fulness, completeness. read more