The church, in memory of former favours, complaineth of her present evils: professing her integrity, she fervently prayeth for succour.
To the chief musician, for the sons of Korah, Maschil.
Title. משׂכיל קרח לבני למנצח lamnatseach libnei korach maskiil.— This Psalm appears to have been composed at a time when the Jewish people suffered greatly from their enemies, and many were carried into captivity; though the state itself subsisted, and the public worship of God was maintained. The author, by the singular number which occurs every now and then, must have been of eminence; it could not sound well out of any mouth but that of the prince himself; therefore either the prince, or some one about his person, must have been the writer; not unlikely, as Bishop Patrick thinks, Hezekiah; and perhaps from Psalms 44:15-16 it was written soon after the blasphemous message of Rabshakeh. Mudge.