Bible Commentary

Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us. 5. push down) Perhaps a reminiscence of Deu 33:17; but metaphors from horned animals are common. Cp. 1Ki 22:11. our enemies) R.V. our adversaries, and similarly in Psa 44:7 ; Psa 44:10, the Heb. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 44:5”

Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob. 4. my King ] Cp. Psa 47:6; Psa 74:12; 1Sa 12:12. The Psalmist speaks in the name of the nation. Cp. Psa 44:6. command ] Cp. Psa 42:8. It is the duty of a king to defend his people (1Sa 10:19); and the authority of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 44:4”

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 thou hadst a favor unto them. 3. The thought of the preceding verse is still further emphasised. For not by their own … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 44:3”

[How] thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; [how] thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out. 2. With thine own hand didst thou dispossess nations, and plant them in, Didst afflict peoples, and cause them to spread abroad. Thou with thy hand are the first words of the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 44:2”

To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil. 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. 1. our fathers have told us ] In obedience to the often repeated injunction to hand on the memory of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 44:1”

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, [who is] the health of my countenance, and my God. 5. The refrain is once more repeated, and now, we may believe, with a still more unwavering faith and certain hope … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 43:5”

Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God. 4. Then will I go ] Or, That I may come (Psa 42:2). unto God my exceeding joy ] Even unto the God of my gladsome rejoicing. God Himself … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 43:4”

O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles. 3. O send out thy light and thy truth ] Cp. Psa 57:3. God’s light and truth, like His lovingkindness in Psa 42:8, are almost personified. As of old He gave … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 43:3”

For thou [art] the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? 2. the God of my strength ] Or, my stronghold God: my natural refuge and protector. Cp. Psa 18:2; Psa 42:9. But facts seem to contradict faith, and the expostulation … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 43:2”

Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man. 1. Judge me &c.] An appeal to God the Judge to do him justice and vindicate his innocence by delivering him from the power of his insolent foes. For the language cp. Psa 7:8; … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 43:1”