“ Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart. ”
Shall not God search this out? - That is, If this had been the case, it would be known to God. If, as a nation, we had been given to idolatry, or if our hearts had been secretly alienated from th...
Shall not God (q) search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart. (q) They take God to witness that they were upright toward him.
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...
21 Shall not God search this out? We have here a solemn and emphatic protestation, in which the people of God dare to appeal to him as the judge of their integrity and uprightness. From this...
Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart. Shall not God search this out? - We confidently appeal to the true Good, the searcher of hearts, for the truth of this statemen...
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...
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...
Shall not God search this out ?.... Undoubtedly he would, was it so, and expose it, and punish for it; as he will the Balaamites and children of Jezebel, Revelation 2:18 ; this seems to be an appea...
Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart. Ver. 21. Shall not God search this out? ] What pretences or excuses soever be used for the colouring and covering of the sam...
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...
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...
We appeal to the heart-searching God, concerning the sincerity of this profession of ours.
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...
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 44:21 This subject naturally divides itself into three parts. I. The sin forgetting God and holding up the hands to some strange god. These are not two sins, but one and the same sin, cont...
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 4:5 ; Ecclesiastes 12:14 ; Hebrews 4:12 ; Hebrews 4:13 ; Jeremiah 17:10 ; Jeremiah 23:24 ; Job 31:14 ; Job 31:4 ; Job 34:21 ; Job 34:22 ; Joshua 22:22 ; Joshua 22:23 ; Psal...