Psalms 44:14 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people. ”

Psalms 44:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thou makest us a byword among heathen - The word rendered “by-word” - משׁל mâshâl - means properly a similitude or parable; then, a sententious saying, and apophthegm; then, a proverb; then...
Psalms 44:14 - 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 44:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people. Thou makest us a byword - We are evidently abandoned by thee, and are become so very miserable in consequence, that...
Psalms 44:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us. Thou makest us a reproach ... a byword among the heathen - as Moses foretold ( Deuteronomy...
Psalms 44:14 - 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 44:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

These verses become very suggestive, if we refer them to one of those periods under the Seleucidæ, when the Jews were so frequently attacked on the Sabbath, and from their scrupulous regard to it wou...
Psalms 44:14 - 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 44:14 - 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 44:14 - 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 44:14 - 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 44:14 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

WHY DO GOD’S SAINTS SUFFER? ‘A byword among the heathen.’ Psalms 44:14 I. The contrast between the Old Testament position and the New —‘ For Thy sake we are slain ’ ( Psalms 44:22 ). Here w...
Psalms 44:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Thou makest us a byword among the Heathen ,.... Among the Papists, as the Jews were among the Gentiles, Deuteronomy 28:37 ; calling them schismatics, heretics, fanatics, and what not? a shaking o...
Psalms 44:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people. Ver. 14. Thou makest us a byword among the heathen ] Who use to say, As base as a Jew, as wretched as an Israelit...
Psalms 44:14 - 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 44:14 - 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 44:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

A by-word, or a proverb . They used to say proverbially, More despicable or miserable than an Israelite . A shaking of the head; a gesture of scorn and insultation. See Poole on " Psalms 22:...
Psalms 44:14 - 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 44:14 - 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 44:14 - 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 44:14 - 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 44:14 - 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 44:14 - 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 44:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 9:7 ; 2 Chronicles 7:20 ; 2 Kings 19:21 ; Deuteronomy 28:37 ; Isaiah 37:22 ; Jeremiah 24:9 ; Job 16:4 ; Lamentations 2:15-17 ; Psalms 22:7

Psalms 44:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 44:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 44:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 44:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 44:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 44:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 44:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 44:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 44:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 44:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 44:14 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 44:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 44:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 44:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 44:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 44:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 44:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 44:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 44:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 44:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 44:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 44:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 44:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge