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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge: Psalm 44

Chapter 44

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.

A. M. 3294. B.C. 710. (Title.) for the sons

42:1 *title

have heard

22:31 71:18 78:3-6 105:1,2 Exodus 12:24-27 13:14,15 Isaiah 38:19 Joel 1:3

in the times

Numbers 21:14-16,27-30 Job 8:8,9 15:17-19

How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.

drive out

78:55 80:8 105:44 135:10-12 136:17-22 Exodus 15:17,19 34:11 Deuteronomy 7:1 Joshua 10:42 11:23 21:43 Nehemiah 9:22-27

how thou didst afflict, etc

Or, rather, "how thou didst afflict the peoples (of Canaan,) and madest them (the Hebrews) to shoot forth;" for shalach is to send forth in any manner, and is applied to a vine spreading its roots, etc. Ps 89:9; Eze 17:6; Jer 17:8; and this sense is parallel with plantedst in the former line.

Exodus 23:28 Numbers 13:32 Joshua 10:11 24:12 1 Samuel 5:6,7

For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.

For

Deuteronomy 4:37,38 8:17,18 Joshua 24:12 Zechariah 4:6 2 Corinthians 4:7

thy right

17:7 20:6 74:11 Exodus 15:16 Isaiah 63:12

light

42:5,11 80:16

because

Numbers 14:8 Deuteronomy 7:7,8 1 Samuel 12:22 Malachi 1:2,3 Romans 9:10-15

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

my king

74:12 89:18 149:2 Isaiah 33:22

command

42:8 Mark 1:25,26,31,41 9:25

Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.

Through thee

18:39-42 118:10-13 Isaiah 41:14-16 Philippians 4:13

push

Deuteronomy 33:17 1 Kings 22:11 Daniel 8:4

tread

60:12 91:13 108:13 Zechariah 10:5 Romans 16:20 *marg:

For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.

20:7 33:16,17 Hosea 1:7

But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.

But

140:7 144:10 Joshua 1:5 10:8-10,42 11:6 23:9,10 Judges 2:18 7:4-7 1 Samuel 7:8-12 14:6-10 17:47 2 Samuel 7:10

put them

40:14 83:1-18 132:18

In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah.

In God

34:2 Isaiah 45:25 Jeremiah 9:24 Romans 2:17 1 Corinthians 1:29-31

praise

115:1-18

But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.

43:2 60:1,10 74:1 80:12,13 88:14 89:38-45 108:11 Jeremiah 33:24-26 Lamentations 3:31 3:32 Romans 11:1-6

Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.

Thou

Leviticus 26:14,17,36,37 Deuteronomy 28:25 Joshua 7:8,12 1 Samuel 4:17 31:1-7

spoil

89:41 Isaiah 10:6,14 Jeremiah 15:13 20:8

Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen.

given

Jeremiah 12:3 Romans 8:36

like sheep appointed for meat

Heb. as sheep of meat.

14:4

scattered

60:1 Deuteronomy 4:27 28:64 2 Kings 17:6 Isaiah 11:11,12 Jeremiah 32:37 Ezekiel 34:12 Luke 21:24

Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.

sellest

Deuteronomy 32:30 Isaiah 50:1 52:3,4 Jeremiah 15:13

for nought

Heb. without riches. increase.

Nehemiah 5:8-12 Revelation 18:13

Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.

makest

79:4 80:6 89:51 Jeremiah 24:9 Ezekiel 36:19-23

scorn

123:3,4 Jeremiah 48:27

Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.

by-word

Deuteronomy 28:37 1 Kings 9:7 2 Chronicles 7:20 Jeremiah 24:9

shaking

22:7 2 Kings 19:21 Job 16:4 Isaiah 37:22 Lamentations 2:15-17

My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,

confusion

Joshua 7:7-9 Ezra 9:6 Jeremiah 3:25

covered

69:7 71:13 89:45 Jeremiah 51:51

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

For the

74:18,22,23 79:12 Isaiah 37:3,4,17,23,24

enemy

8:2

All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.

All this

Daniel 9:13

yet

20 9:17 Deuteronomy 6:12 8:14 Isaiah 17:10 Jeremiah 2:32

dealt

Jeremiah 31:32 Ezekiel 16:59 20:37

Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;

heart

78:57 125:5 1 Kings 15:5 Job 34:27 Jeremiah 11:10 Zephaniah 1:6 Luke 17:32

have

119:51,157 Job 23:11,12 1 Corinthians 15:58 1 Thessalonians 2:10

steps

or, goings.

Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.

Though

38:8 60:1-3 Jeremiah 14:17

in the

74:13,14 Isaiah 27:1 34:13,14 35:7 Ezekiel 29:3 Revelation 12:9 13:2,11-13 Revelation 16:10

with the

23:4 Job 3:5 10:21,22 Matthew 4:16

If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;

If we

17 7:3-5 Job 31:5-40

stretched

68:31 Exodus 9:29 1 Kings 8:22 Job 11:13

Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

Shall

139:1-24 Job 31:4,14 34:21,22 Jeremiah 17:10 23:24

knoweth

Joshua 22:22,23 Ecclesiastes 12:14 Romans 2:16 1 Corinthians 4:5 Hebrews 4:12,13 Revelation 2:23

Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.

Yea

Romans 8:36

killed

11 79:2,3 1 Samuel 22:17-19 1 Kings 19:10 Matthew 5:10-12 John 15:21 John 16:2,3 1 Corinthians 4:9 15:30,31 Revelation 11:3-9 17:6

Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.

Awake

7:6 12:5 35:23 59:4,5 78:65 Isaiah 51:9 Mark 4:38

cast

9 74:1 88:14

Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?

Wherefore

10:1,11 13:1 43:1-4 Deuteronomy 32:20 Job 13:24

forgettest

74:19,23 Exodus 2:23,24 Isaiah 40:27,28 Revelation 6:9,10

For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.

66:11,12 119:25 Isaiah 51:23 Lamentations 4:5

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

for our help

Heb. a help for us. redeem.

26:11 130:7,8