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<p id="Chapter44" align="center">Commentary by A. R. FAUSSET<br>PSALM 44
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<p id="Ps44_1"><a onclick="return mV('Psa',44,'1-26');">Psa 44:1-26</a>.
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<p>In a time of great national distress, probably in David's reign, the Psalmist recounts God's gracious dealings in former times, and the confidence they had learned to repose in Him. After a vivid picture of their calamities, he humbly expostulates against God's apparent forgetfulness, reminding Him of their faithfulness and mourning their heavy sorrows.
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<p><b>1-3.</b> This period is that of the settlement of Canaan (<a onclick="return mV('Jos',24,12);">Jos 24:12</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Jdg',6,3);">Jdg 6:3</a>).
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<br><br><b>have told</b>—or, "related" (compare <a onclick="return mV('Exd',10,2);">Exd 10:2</a>).
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<p id="Ps44_2"><b>2. plantedst them</b>—that is, "our fathers," who are also, from the parallel construction of the last clause, to be regarded as the object of "<i>cast</i> them out," which means—literally, "send" them out, or, "extend them." <i>Heathen</i> and <i>people</i> denote the nations who were driven out to make room for the Israelites.
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<p id="Ps44_4"><b>4. Thou art my King</b>—literally, "he who is my King," sustaining the same covenant relation as to the "fathers."
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<p id="Ps44_5"><b>5.</b> The figure drawn from the habits of the ox.
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<p id="Ps44_6"><b>6-8.</b> God is not only our sole help, but only worthy of praise.
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<p id="Ps44_7"><b>7. put...to shame</b>—(compare <a onclick="return mV('Psa',6,10);">Psa 6:10</a>), disgraced.
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<p id="Ps44_8"><b>8. thy name</b>—as in <a onclick="return mV('Psa',5,11);">Psa 5:11</a>.
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<p id="Ps44_9"><b>9. But</b>—contrasting, <i>cast off</i> as abhorrent (<a onclick="return mV('Psa',43,2);">Psa 43:2</a>).
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<br><br><b>goest not forth</b>—literally, "will not go" (<a onclick="return mV('2Sa',5,23);">2Sa 5:23</a>). In several consecutive verses the leading verb is <i>future,</i> and the following one <i>past</i> (in <i>Hebrew</i>), thus denoting the causes and effects. Thus (<a onclick="return mV('Psa',44,'10-12');">Psa 44:10-12</a>), when defeated, spoiling follows; when delivered as sheep, dispersion follows, etc.
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<p id="Ps44_11"><b>11.</b> The Babylonian captivity not necessarily meant. There were others (compare <a onclick="return mV('1Ki',8,46);">1Ki 8:46</a>).
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<p id="Ps44_13"><b>13, 14.</b> (Compare <a onclick="return mV('Deu',28,37);">Deu 28:37</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Psa',79,4);">Psa 79:4</a>).
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<p id="Ps44_15"><b>15. shame of...face</b>—blushes in disgrace.
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<p id="Ps44_16"><b>16.</b> Its cause, the taunts and presence of malignant enemies (<a onclick="return mV('Psa',8,2);">Psa 8:2</a>).
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<p id="Ps44_17"><b>17-19.</b> They had not apostatized totally—were still God's people.
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<p id="Ps44_18"><b>18. declined</b>—turned aside from God's law.
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<p id="Ps44_19"><b>19. sore broken</b>—crushed.
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<br><br><b>place of dragons</b>—desolate, barren, rocky wilderness (<a onclick="return mV('Psa',63,10);">Psa 63:10</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Isa',13,22);">Isa 13:22</a>),
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<br><br><b>shadow of death</b>—(Compare <a onclick="return mV('Psa',23,4);">Psa 23:4</a>).
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<p id="Ps44_20"><b>20, 21.</b> A solemn appeal to God to witness their constancy.
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<br><br><b>stretched out...hands</b>—gesture of worship (<a onclick="return mV('Exd',9,29);">Exd 9:29</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Psa',88,9);">Psa 88:9</a>).
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<p id="Ps44_22"><b>22.</b> Their protracted sufferings as God's people attests the constancy. Paul (<a onclick="return mV('Rom',8,36);">Rom 8:36</a>) uses this to describe Christian steadfastness in persecution.
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<p id="Ps44_23"><b>23-26.</b> This style of addressing God, as indifferent, is frequent (<a onclick="return mV('Psa',3,7);">Psa 3:7</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Psa',9,19);">9:19</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Psa',13,1);">13:1</a>, etc.). However low their condition, God is appealed to, on the ground, and for the honor, of His mercy.
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