“ For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me. ”
For I will not trust in my bow - The author of the psalm himself again speaks as expressing his own feelings, and stating the grounds of his confidence and hope. Compare Psalms 44:4 . At the sam...
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...
trust . confide. Hebrew. batah . App-69. bow... sword. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), for military science. Compare 2 Kings 19:32 .
For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me. I will not trust in my bow - As he is speaking of what God had already done for his forefathers, these words should be read in the past...
For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me. For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me. But thou hast saved us from our For I will not trust in my bow...
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...
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...
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...
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...
For I will not trust in my bow ,.... In any carnal weapon, in any creature help and assistance, or in an arm of flesh, but in the word of the Lord, and in his name; see Psalms 20:7 ; neither shal...
For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me. Ver. 6. For I will not trust in my bow ] To trust in men or means is the ready road to utter ruin. Idas, one of the Argonauts, is...
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...
Grateful Acknowledgment of Past Mercies; Consecration to God. To the chief musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil. ...
But I will trust in thee only, as the next verse implies; and therefore do not frustrate my hope and confidence fixed upon thee.
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...
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...
trust ( See Scofield) - ( Psalms 2:12 ).
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 44:1 . 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...
Hosea 1:7 ; Psalms 20:7 ; Psalms 33:16 ; Psalms 33:17