“ Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake. ”
Arise for our help - Margin, as in Hebrew, “a help for us.” That is, Deliver us from our present calamities and troubles. And redeem us - Save us; deliver us. See Psalms 25:22 , note; Psalm...
Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy (t) mercies' sake. (t) Which is the only sufficient ransom to deliver both body and souls from all kinds of slavery and misery.
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...
Arise. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. redeem . deliver. Hebrew. padah, See notes on Exodus 6:6 ; Exodus 13:13 . mercies . = mercy's, or lovingkindness. To the chief Musician. See Ap...
Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake. Arise for our help - Show forth thy power in delivering us from the hands of our enemies. Redeem us - Ransom us from our thraldom. For thy m...
Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake. Arise for our help - ( Psalms 63:7 .) Redeem us for thy mercies' sake - not for our merits. This shows the profession of faithfulne...
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...
These are the strong cries of faith: not that the Lord sleepeth, or is an inattentive spectator to the exercises of his redeemed: He seeth and knoweth all. The great Shepherd of Israel neither slumbe...
Arise for our help ,.... Or, "arise our help" s. God is the help of his people, and he is a present help in time of trouble; and he is the only one; and he can help and does, when none else can; a...
Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake. Ver. 26. Arise for our help ] Heb. A help for us, a sufficient help, proportionable to our necessities. The Hebrew hath a letter more than...
Arise, &c., redeem us for thy mercies' sake For though we are conscious of being sincere and constant in thy worship and service, we know our obedience and duties have been attended with so man...
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 mentioned our sincerity and constancy in thy worship only as an argument to move thee to pity, and not as a ground of our trust and confidence, or as if we merited deliverance by it; but that we e...
Awoken Himself To The True Situation He Now Calls On Their Sovereign Lord To Awaken And Rise Up And Help Them ( Psalms 44:23-26 ). Psalms 44:23-26 ‘Awake, why do you sleep, O Lord? Arise, do n...
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...
redeem ( See Scofield) - ( Isaiah 59:20 ). ( See Scofield) - ( Exodus 14:30 ).
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...
Psalms 130:7 ; Psalms 130:8 ; Psalms 26:11