Psalms 44:4

My King; Jacob's or Israel's King, in a peculiar manner. The whole people speak like one man, as being united together in one body. Command, i.e. effectually procure by thy commanding word.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thou art my King, O God - literally, “Thou art He, my King, O God;” that is, Thou art the same: the same King, and the same God, who didst interp...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for (g) Jacob. (g) Because you are our king, therefore deliver your people from their misery.
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

Thou . Thou Thyself. art my King . art He my King. deliverances. Plural of majesty. a great deliverance.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

4. Thou, even thou, art my King, O God! In this verse the faithful express still more plainly what I have already alluded to a little before...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob. Thou art my king - What thou wert to them, be to us. We believe in thee as they did; we have...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Thou art my king, O God— Thou——the same, art my king, O God: command victories for Jacob. As he was the same God who was still their king, it was...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob. Thou art my King, O God - literally, 'Thou art He (that is) my King.' Thou art the O...
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

Thou art my King. — Literally, Thou, He, my king, an idiomatic way of making a strong assertion, Thou, even thou, art my king, O God. (Comp. I...
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

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 descri...
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

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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Thou art my King, O God ,.... Besides the favours God had done for his people in time past, the church takes notice of her interest in God as her Ki...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob. Ver. 4. Thou art my King, O God ] Heb. Thou art he, my King; Or, Thou art the same, my Ki...
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 so...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Grateful Acknowledgment of Past Mercies; Consecration to God. To the chief...
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 (...
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...
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 w...
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 art my King, O God, emphatically, "Even Thou Thyself art my King"; command deliverances for Jacob, for the small flock of the faithful, of the...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 33:22 ; Mark 1:25 ; Mark 1:26 ; Mark 1:31 ; Mark 1:41 ; Mark 9:25 ; Psalms 42:8 ; Psalms 74:12 ; Psalms 89:1
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

My king — The whole people speak as one man, being united in one body.

⁴ Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 44:4

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

Coke's Commentary on the Holy 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

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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

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