“ Our heart is not turned back, neither have our stepsa declined from thy way; ”
Our heart is not turned back - That is, We have not turned away from thy service; we have not apostatized from thee; we have not fallen into idolatry. This must mean that such was not at that tim...
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...
steps . goings. Plural in many codices, with one early printed edition, Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate; but some codices, with nine early printed editions, read singular.
Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;
Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way; Our heart is not turned back neither have our steps declined from thy way Apostasy begins at the Our heart is not...
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 44:1-26 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...
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...
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...
The apostle seems to have had this scripture in his view, and referred it to the times in which he lived, when, after pointing out the heavy afflictions the church then endured, he quotes a part of t...
Our heart is not turned back ,.... To its original hardness, blindness, and bondage, to its former sin and folly, to cherish, gratify, and fulfil its lusts and desires; not from God, from love to hi...
Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way; Ver. 18. Our heart is not turned back ] Metaphora a stadio, saith Vatablus. As those that run a race stand not at a st...
All this is come upon us All the evils before mentioned, and certainly we have deserved them all; yet have we not forgotten thee Although we cannot excuse ourselves from many other sins, for whic...
Israel's Appeal to God. 17 All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in t...
Is not turned back, to wit, from thee, or thy worship and service, unto idols, as it follows, Psalms 44:20 . Neither have our steps declined from thy way: because it is easy and ordinary false...
What Is More The Psalmist Cannot Understand Why It Is, For In His View They Have Been Faithful To His Covenant And Have Walked In His Way ( Psalms 44:17-19 ). Psalms 44:17-19 ‘All this is come...
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 44:1 . 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...
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...
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....
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...
1 Corinthians 15:58 ; 1 Kings 15:5 ; 1 Thessalonians 2:10 ; Jeremiah 11:10 ; Job 23:11 ; Job 23:12 ; Job 34:27 ; Luke 17:32 ; Psalms 119:157 ; Psalms 119:51 ; Psalms 12:1 ; Psalms 78:57 ;...
Turned — From thy worship to idols.