Psalms 44:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price. ”

Psalms 44:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thou sellest thy people for nought - Margin, without riches. Without gain, or advantage; that is, for no price that would be an equivalent. The people were given up to their enemies, but there wa...
Psalms 44:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Thou sellest thy people (l) for nought, and dost not increase [thy wealth] by their price. (l) As slaves who are sold for a low price, you do not look for him who offers the most, but take the first...
Psalms 44:12 - 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 44:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

12 Thou hast sold thy people, and not become rich. In saying that they were sold without any gain, it is meant that they were exposed to sale as slaves that are contemptible, and of no value...
Psalms 44:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price. Thou sellest thy people for nought - An allusion to the mode of disposing of slaves by their proprietors or sove...
Psalms 44:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Thou sellest thy people for nought— "Sufferest them to be sold for slaves at a very inconsiderable price." This expression implies the low esteem in which they were with the Deity. The next express...
Psalms 44:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price. Thou sellest thy people for nought - Thou holdest thy people as of so little worth, that thou art ready to...
Psalms 44:12 - 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 44:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

For nought. — Literally, for not riches (comp. Jeremiah 15:13 ); notice the contrast to Psalms 72:14 . And dost not increase thy wealth by their price. — This rendering takes the verb as in...
Psalms 44:12 - 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 44:12 - 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 44:12 - 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 44:12 - 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 44:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Thou sellest thy people for nought ,.... So God, when he is said to deliver up his people into the hands of their enemies, is said to sell them to them; see Judges 2:14 ; and selling them for nough...
Psalms 44:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase [thy wealth] by their price. Ver. 12. Thou sellest thy people for nought ] Thirty for a penny the Jews were sold by the Romans, saith Jo...
Psalms 44:12 - 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 44:12 - 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 44:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

For nought; for a thing of nought. Or, without money , and without price , as it is said, Isaiah 55:1 ; for a very small, or for no price; for a pair of shoes, as we read, Amos 2:6 . Dost...
Psalms 44:12 - 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 44:12 - 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 44:12 - 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 44:12 - 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 44:12 - 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 44:12 - 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 44:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 32:30 ; Isaiah 50:1 ; Isaiah 52:3 ; Isaiah 52:4 ; Jeremiah 15:13 ; Nehemiah 5:8-12 ; Revelation 18:13

Psalms 44:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 44:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 44:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 44:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 44:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 44:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 44:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 44:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 44:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 44:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 44:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 44:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 44:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 44:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 44:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 44:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 44:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 44:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 44:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 44:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 44:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 44:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 44:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 44:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 44:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge