Psalms 44:11 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen. ”

Psalms 44:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat - Margin, as in Hebrew, “as sheep of meat.” That is, as sheep are killed for food, so thou hast allowed us to be put to death. And hast scatter...
Psalms 44:11 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Thou hast given us (k) like sheep [appointed] for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen. (k) Knowing God to be author of this calamity, they murmur not, but seek remedy at his hands who woun...
Psalms 44:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

XLIV. A National Prayer in Unmerited Distress. The Ps. evidently depicts the situation of Israel under Antiochus Epiphanes [but see OTJC 2, pp. 207f., 437- 440. A. S. P.] So much was plain long ago...
Psalms 44:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

sheep appointed for meat. Hebrew sheep of devouring. Genitive of Relation (App-17). Compare Romans 8:36 . scattered us. Israel had already been removed. Sennacherib says he had taken away 200,1...
Psalms 44:11 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

To the same purpose is that other comparison, (verse 11) in which they say that they were given as sheep for food (141) By this the prophet intimates, that being already vanquished previous...
Psalms 44:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen. And hast scattered us among the heathen - This most evidently alludes to the captivity. From the successfu...
Psalms 44:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen. Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat - to be devoured as a prey.
Psalms 44:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Psalms 44:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Like sheep. — The image of the sheep appointed for the slaughter; and unable to resist, recalls Isaiah 53:6-7 , but does not necessarily connect the Psalm with the exile period, since it was a fig...
Psalms 44:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 44:1-26 CALVIN 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 be...
Psalms 44:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Plea for Present Help Psalms 44:9-26 In Psalms 44:11 God's people are compared to sheep appointed for meat, which are sold by the shepherd for naught, so worthless are they. Before their sa...
Psalms 44:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 A...
Psalms 44:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Here is a melancholy state described: and what added to the affliction, the church beheld the Lord's hand in the appointment. Though the Lord's afflictions are always, sooner or later, sanctified aff...
Psalms 44:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Thou hast given us like sheep [appointed] for meat ,.... To be butchered, and then eaten as sheep are; and therefore are called "the flock of slaughter", Zechariah 11:4 ; as the church was, not onl...
Psalms 44:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Thou hast given us like sheep [appointed] for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen. Ver. 11. Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat ] Aliqui occisi, dispersi alii, et venundati...
Psalms 44:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Thou hast given us like sheep , &c. Some of us they killed in the pursuit, without any mercy, like sheep appointed for the shambles. And hast scattered us among the heathen Those of us who wer...
Psalms 44:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Afflicted Condition of Israel. 9 But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies. 10...
Psalms 44:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Those of us who were not slain are carried into captivity, and dispersed in several places.
Psalms 44:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

In View Of Their Trust In God They Cannot Understand Why Therefore They Have Faced Defeat At The Hands Of Their Enemies So That Some Of His People Have Been Taken Captive And Are Now Slaves In The H...
Psalms 44:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION Superscription .—“To the Chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil.” See introduction to Psalms 42 . We have no means of determining who was the author of the psalm. Nor are we a...
Psalms 44:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 44:1 . Our fathers have told us. All ancient patriarchs instructed their children, and all ancient nations instructed posterity by oral traditions, as in this psalm, by reciting how Joshua...
Psalms 44:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us what work Thou didst. Aspects of national piety There is such a thing as national piety. I mean the aggregation of genuine godly tho...
Psalms 44:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE date and occasion of this psalm are greatly disputed. Most critics, from Calvin to Hitzig, refer it to the times of the Maccabees. Others suggest the fourth or fifth century b....
Psalms 44:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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 th...
Psalms 44:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 17:6 ; Deuteronomy 28:64 ; Deuteronomy 4:27 ; Ezekiel 34:12 ; Isaiah 11:11 ; Isaiah 11:12 ; Jeremiah 12:3 ; Jeremiah 32:37 ; Luke 21:24 ; Psalms 14:4 ; Psalms 60:1 ; Romans 8:36
Psalms 44:11 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Scattered — Those who were not slain are carried into captivity, and dispersed in several places.

Psalms 44:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 44:11 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 44:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 44:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 44:11 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 44:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 44:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 44:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 44:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 44:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 44:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 44:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 44:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 44:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 44:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 44:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 44:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 44:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 44:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 44:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 44:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 44:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 44:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 44:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 44:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 44:11 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes