Psalms 44:20 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god; ”

Psalms 44:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

If we have forgotten the name of our God - That is, if we have apostatized from him. Or stretched out our hands to a strange god - Or have been guilty of idolatry. The act of stretching out t...
Psalms 44:20 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a (p) strange god; (p) They show that they honoured God correctly, because they trusted in him alone.
Psalms 44:20 - 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 44:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

name. See note on Psalms 20:1 . GOD. Hebrew El. Quoted in App-4.
Psalms 44:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god; If we have forgotten the name of our God - That name, יהוה Jehovah, by which the true God was particularly disti...
Psalms 44:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god; If we have forgotten the name of our God ... shall not God search this out? They confirm the truth of th...
Psalms 44:20 - 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 44:20 - 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 44:20 - 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 44:20 - 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 44:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
Psalms 44:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

If we have forgotten the name of our God ,.... As antichrist, and the antichristian party did in those times, Daniel 11:36 ; or stretched out our hands to a strange god ; as not to any of the Hea...
Psalms 44:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god; Ver. 20. If we have forgotten the name of our God ] i.e. Foregone our religion, as renegadoes, denying the...
Psalms 44:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons By inflicting upon us one breach after another, thou hast at last brought us to this pass; that we are become like a place extremely desolate, such...
Psalms 44:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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...
Psalms 44:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

In the place : or rather into , as others render it; which seems much more emphatical. And so this verb may be rendered, thou hast humbled , or brought us down , as all the ancients rendered it....
Psalms 44:20 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Psalmist Now Admits That Possibly They Have Been At Fault ( Psalms 44:20-22 ). Psalms 44:20-22 ‘If we have forgotten the name of our God, Or spread forth our hands to a strange god, Will...
Psalms 44:20 - 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 44:20 - 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 44:20 - 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 44:20 - 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 44:20 - 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 44:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 8:22 ; Exodus 9:29 ; Job 11:13 ; Job 31:5-40 ; Psalms 44:17 ; Psalms 68:31 ; Psalms 7:3-5

Psalms 44:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 44:20 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 44:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 44:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 44:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 44:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 44:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 44:20 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 44:20 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 44:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 44:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 44:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 44:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 44:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 44:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 44:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 44:20 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 44:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 44:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 44:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 44:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 44:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 44:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge