Psalms 44:16

For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For the voice of him ... - That is, Because I hear the voice of him that reproaches and blasphemes. The word rendered blasphemeth, means properly...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and (n) avenger. (n) Meaning, the proud and cruel tyrant.
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

avenger . him that taketh vengeance. Compare Psalms 8:2 . Here. Sennacherib.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me, My confusion is continually before me ... For the voice of h...
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...
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

What the church, or an individual of the church here complains of, is among the painful exercises of all true followers of Christ. When our God is re...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For the voice, of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth ,.... That is, antichrist, to whom a mouth speaking blasphemies has been given, and which he...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger. Ver. 16. For the voice of him that reproacheth and blas...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

My confusion is continually before me I cannot open my eyes but the tokens of our disgrace present themselves before me; and the shame of my face...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Afflicted Condition of Israel. 9 But thou hast cast off, and put us t...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

That reproacheth and blasphemeth; that doth not only reproach me, which I could better bear; but blaspheme God and our religion for our sakes, whic...
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

for the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth, the taunting mockery of whose words cut so deeply; by reason of the enemy and avenger, whose...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 37:17 ; Isaiah 37:23 ; Isaiah 37:24 ; Isaiah 37:3 ; Isaiah 37:4 ; Psalms 8:2 ; Psalms 74:18 ; Psalms 74:2
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Avenger — Who executeth both God's and his own vengeance upon me.

¹⁶ For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 44:16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the 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

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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 44:16