Psalms 44:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us. ”

Psalms 44:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Through thee - By thy help. “Will we push down our enemies.” The word here rendered “push down” means literally to strike or push with the horns, spoken of horned animals, Exodus 21:28 , Exodus...
Psalms 44:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(h) Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us. (h) Because they and their forefathers made both one Church, they apply that to the...
Psalms 44:5 - 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 44:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

enemies . adversaries. Thy name . See note on Psalms 20:1 .
Psalms 44:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

5. Through thee we have pushed, or smitten, with the horn our adversaries. (135) The prophet here declares in what respect God had manifested himself to be the King of this people. He did s...
Psalms 44:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us. Through thee will we push down - Through thy Word, במימרא bemeimra, "Thy substantial Wor...
Psalms 44:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us. Through thee will we push down our enemies. Faith speaks, triumphing over sense....
Psalms 44:5 - 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 44:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Push down. — The image of the original is lost here, the LXX. have retained it. It is that of a buffalo or other horned animal driving back and goring its enemies. Deuteronomy 33:17 applies it as...
Psalms 44:5 - 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 44:5 - 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 44:5 - 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 44:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

What an unanswerable appeal this is for success in player! If God be our king, will he not help and defend his own subjects? And, if we use the same argument in a gospel sense; if Jesus be our Redeem...
Psalms 44:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Through thee will we push down our enemies ,.... The Chaldee paraphrase renders it, "through the Word": the essential Word of God, the Lord Jesus Christ, who is the church's King and God, and has wr...
Psalms 44:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us. Ver. 5. Through thee will we push down our enemies ] Cornu petemus, a metaphor from...
Psalms 44:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Thou art my king, O God And thou, O God, who didst such astonishing things for them, art still the very same almighty Being, whom I honour as my sovereign, my governor, and protector. The whole peo...
Psalms 44:5 - 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 44:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Push down, Heb. smite with the horn, i.e. subdue and destroy. The phrase is taken from Deuteronomy 33:17 , and is borrowed from horned beasts. Compare 1 Kings 22:11 . Through thy name, i.e....
Psalms 44:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Psalmist Expresses His General Confidence In the Fact That God Will In The Future Fight For Them And Act On Their Behalf As He Has In The Past ( Psalms 44:4-8 ). The Psalmist speaks in the sin...
Psalms 44:5 - 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 44:5 - 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 44:5 - 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 44:5 - 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 44:5 - 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 44:5 - 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 44:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 22:11 ; Daniel 8:4 ; Deuteronomy 33:17 ; Isaiah 41:14-16 ; Philippians 4:13 ; Psalms 108:13 ; Psalms 118:10-13 ; Psalms 18:39-42 ; Psalms 60:12 ; Psalms 91:13 ; Romans 16:20 ; Zec...

Psalms 44:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 44:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 44:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 44:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 44:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 44:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 44:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 44:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 44:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 44:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 44:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 44:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 44:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 44:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 44:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 44:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 44:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 44:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 44:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 44:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 44:5 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 44:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 44:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 44:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 44:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 44:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge