Psalms 44:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out. ”

Psalms 44:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand - The word rendered “heathen” means simply nations without necessarily conveying the idea of paganism, as that word is now understood. It means...
Psalms 44:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

[How] thou didst drive out the (b) heathen with thy hand, and plantedst (c) them; [how] thou didst afflict the (d) people, and (e) cast them out. (b) That is, the Canaanites. (c) That is, our fath...
Psalms 44:2 - 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 44:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

heathen . nations: i.e. the Canaanites. them: thy People Israel. people . peoples: i.e. the Canaanites. cast them out . spread them about (as. vine, Isaiah 5 ); "them" referring to Israel in...
Psalms 44:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2. Thou hast expelled the heathen with thy hand. This is an illustration of the preceding verse: for the inspired writer had not yet expressly referred to that work of God, the fame of which...
Psalms 44:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out. Thou didst drove out the heathen - The Canaanites were as a bad tree...
Psalms 44:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

How thou didst afflict, &c.— How thou didst enfeeble the nations, and spread them; —our fathers, Psalms 44:1 . That is, madest them shoot forth their roots and branches, which they were enabl...
Psalms 44:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out. (How) thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand -- literally...
Psalms 44:2 - 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 44:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Thou... with thy hand. — Literally, Thou, Thy hand, which may be, as in the Authorised Version, taken as accusative of instrument, or as a repeated subject. And cast them out. — This entirely...
Psalms 44:2 - 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 44:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Courage from Former Deliverances Psalms 44:1-8 This psalm, like Psalms 60:1-12 , came out of one of the early wars in David's reign, as described in 2 Samuel 8:13-14 . Some refer it to 2 Chr...
Psalms 44:2 - 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 44:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

It is one of the best and strongest of all arguments, when pleading for the renewals of divine love, to put the Lord in remembrance of past mercies. It is as if we should say. Shall we despond now, w...
Psalms 44:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

[How] thou didst drive out the Heathen with thy hand ,.... Of power; that is, the Canaanites, as the Targum; the seven nations which inhabited the land of Canaan before the children of Israel came i...
Psalms 44:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 44:2 [How] thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; [how] thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out. Ver. 2. How thou didst drive out the heathen ] i.e....
Psalms 44:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

How thou didst drive out the heathen , &c. The seven nations of the Canaanites out of Canaan, and settled in their stead thy people Israel, whom thou didst transplant thither from Egypt. Didst...
Psalms 44:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Grateful Acknowledgment of Past Mercies; Consecration to God. To the chief musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil. ...
Psalms 44:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The heathen; the Canaanites. Plantedst them, to wit, our fathers, easily understood both from the matter, and from Psalms 44:1 , where they are expressed; the pronoun being referred unto the r...
Psalms 44:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

A Description Of What God Has Done For His People In The Past ( Psalms 44:1-3 ). The Psalmist first calls to mind how it was God Who gave His people victory when they initially took possession of...
Psalms 44:2 - 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 44:2 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 44:1 . 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. Now Israel was restored to Canaan, and the Canaanite and Periz...
Psalms 44:2 - 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 44:2 - 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 44:2 - 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 44:2 - 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 44:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 5:6 ; 1 Samuel 5:7 ; Deuteronomy 7:1 ; Exodus 15:17 ; Exodus 15:19 ; Exodus 23:28 ; Exodus 34:11 ; Ezekiel 17:6 ; Jeremiah 17:8 ; Joshua 10:11 ; Joshua 10:42 ; Joshua 11:23 ; Jo...

Psalms 44:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 44:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 44:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 44:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 44:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 44:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 44:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 44:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 44:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 44:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 44:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 44:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 44:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 44:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 44:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 44:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 44:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 44:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 44:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 44:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 44:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 44:2 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 44:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 44:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 44:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 44:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 44:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge