Psalms 44:22 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter. ”

Psalms 44:22 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long - That is, we are continually or constantly subjected to these calamities. It is not a single defeat, but it is a continued slaughter. This verse...
Psalms 44:22 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Yea, for thy sake (r) are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter. (r) The faithful take comfort in this, that the wicked punish them not for their sins, but for becaus...
Psalms 44:22 - 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 44:22 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Yea . Surely. Quoted in Romans 8:36 . LORD *. Primitive text read "Jehovah". Altered by the Sopherim to "Adonai". See App-32. Some codices, with two early printed editions, read "Jehovah".
Psalms 44:22 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

22 Surely for thy sake we are killed all the day. Here the faithful urge another reason why God should show mercy to them, namely, that they are subjected to sufferings not on account of cri...
Psalms 44:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter. For thy sake are we killed all the day long - Because of our attachment to thee and to thy religion, we ar...
Psalms 44:22 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Yea, for thy sake are we killed— i.e. As professing thy religion, and not willing to have any inter-community with the false gods of the heathen; for it is well known, that the Jews were exposed to...
Psalms 44:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter. Yea, for thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter. So fa...
Psalms 44:22 - 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 44:22 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

For thy sake. — For St. Paul’s quotation of this verse ( Romans 8:36 ), see Note, N. Test. Commentary.
Psalms 44:22 - 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 44:22 - 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 44:22 - 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 44:22 - 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 44:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long ,.... These words are cited by the Apostle Paul in Romans 8:36 ; and are applied to his times, showing the then close attachment of the saints to Ch...
Psalms 44:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter. Ver. 22. Yea, for thy sake are we killed, &c. ] q.d. Thou knowest that for thy sake, and not for...
Psalms 44:22 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Yea , or but, for thy sake we are killed all the day We do not suffer for our apostacy, but because we will not apostatize from thee. We are persecuted and put to death because we are thy people,...
Psalms 44:22 - 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 44:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Yea; or, but . We do not suffer for our apostacy, but because we will not apostatize from thee. For thy sake; because we are thy people, and continue constantly and resolutely in the profession...
Psalms 44:22 - 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 44:22 - 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 44:22 - 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 44:22 - 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 44:22 - 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 44:22 - 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 44:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 15:30 ; 1 Corinthians 15:31 ; 1 Corinthians 4:9 ; 1 Kings 19:10 ; 1 Samuel 22:17-19 ; John 15:21 ; John 16:2 ; John 16:3 ; Matthew 5:10-12 ; Psalms 44:11 ; Psalms 79:2 ; Psa...
Psalms 44:22 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Yea — Because we are constant in thy worship, which they abhor.

Psalms 44:22 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 44:22 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 44:22 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 44:22 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 44:22 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 44:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 44:22 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 44:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 44:22 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 44:22 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 44:22 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 44:22 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 44:22 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 44:22 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 44:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 44:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 44:22 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 44:22 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 44:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 44:22 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 44:22 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 44:22 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 44:22 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 44:22 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 44:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 44:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 44:22 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes