Psalms 44:26

Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake. Arise for our help - (Psalms 63:7.)

Redeem us for thy mercies' sake - not for our merits. This shows the profession of faithfulness (Psalms 44:17) is only in the main, not absolute.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 44:26

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arise for our help - Margin, as in Hebrew, “a help for us.” That is, Deliver us from our present calamities and troubles. And redeem us - Sav...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy (t) mercies' sake. (t) Which is the only sufficient ransom to deliver both body and souls from all kinds o...
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

Arise. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. redeem . deliver. Hebrew. padah, See notes on Exodus 6:6 ; Exodus 13:13 . mercies . = mercy's, o...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake. Arise for our help - Show forth thy power in delivering us from the hands of our enemies. R...
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

These are the strong cries of faith: not that the Lord sleepeth, or is an inattentive spectator to the exercises of his redeemed: He seeth and knowet...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

REFLECTIONS READER, how sweet and blessed is it, in all our exercises; to keep in view the faithfulness of a Covenant-God in Christ. By turning back...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Arise for our help ,.... Or, "arise our help" s. God is the help of his people, and he is a present help in time of trouble; and he is the only one;...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake. Ver. 26. Arise for our help ] Heb. A help for us, a sufficient help, proportionable to ou...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Arise, &c., redeem us for thy mercies' sake For though we are conscious of being sincere and constant in thy worship and service, we know our o...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Israel's Appeal to God. 17 All this is come upon us; yet have we not...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

We mentioned our sincerity and constancy in thy worship only as an argument to move thee to pity, and not as a ground of our trust and confidence, or...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Awoken Himself To The True Situation He Now Calls On Their Sovereign Lord To Awaken And Rise Up And Help Them ( Psalms 44:23-26 ). Psalms 44:23-2...
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...
Scofield Reference Notes

redeem ( See Scofield) - ( Isaiah 59:20 ). ( See Scofield) - ( Exodus 14:30 ).
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

Arise for our help and redeem us for Thy mercies' sake, the appeal, not to the justice, but to the mercy of God for the sake of the Redeemer, being t...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 130:7 ; Psalms 130:8 ; Psalms 26:11

²⁶ Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 44:26

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the 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

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

Scofield Reference Notes

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

Psalms 44:26