Psalms 44:11

Those of us who were not slain are carried into captivity, and dispersed in several places.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat - Margin, as in Hebrew, “as sheep of meat.” That is, as sheep are killed for food, so thou hast...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Thou hast given us (k) like sheep [appointed] for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen. (k) Knowing God to be author of this calamity, they...
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. 207...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

sheep appointed for meat. Hebrew sheep of devouring. Genitive of Relation (App-17). Compare Romans 8:36 . scattered us. Israel had already been...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

To the same purpose is that other comparison, (verse 11) in which they say that they were given as sheep for food (141) By this the prophet...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen. And hast scattered us among the heathen - This most evid...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen. Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat -...
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 fai...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Like sheep. — The image of the sheep appointed for the slaughter; and unable to resist, recalls Isaiah 53:6-7 , but does not necessarily connect t...
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 t...
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...
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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Here is a melancholy state described: and what added to the affliction, the church beheld the Lord's hand in the appointment. Though the Lord's affli...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Thou hast given us like sheep [appointed] for meat ,.... To be butchered, and then eaten as sheep are; and therefore are called "the flock of slaugh...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Thou hast given us like sheep [appointed] for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen. Ver. 11. Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Thou hast given us like sheep , &c. Some of us they killed in the pursuit, without any mercy, like sheep appointed for the shambles. And hast s...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Afflicted Condition of Israel. 9 But thou hast cast off, and put us t...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

In View Of Their Trust In God They Cannot Understand Why Therefore They Have Faced Defeat At The Hands Of Their Enemies So That Some Of His People H...
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 determi...
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 tra...
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...
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 Maccabe...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat, to be used for food without offering resistance, and hast scattered us among the heathen, many me...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 17:6 ; Deuteronomy 28:64 ; Deuteronomy 4:27 ; Ezekiel 34:12 ; Isaiah 11:11 ; Isaiah 11:12 ; Jeremiah 12:3 ; Jeremiah 32:37 ; Luke 21...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Scattered — Those who were not slain are carried into captivity, and dispersed in several places.

¹¹ Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 44:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 44:11