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What does Psalm chapter 44 mean? This psalm implies Israel was recovering from an especially embarrassing defeat. No explicit event is mentioned. However, various clues in the text suggest an incident with Edom. There, Israel was surprised and battered by their enemies while the main army was occupied elsewhere (Psalm 60; 85; Amos 1:6; 2 Samuel ...
44 We have heard with our ears, O God, Our fathers have told us, The deeds You did in their days, In days of old: 2 You drove out the [b]nations with Your hand, But them You planted; You afflicted the peoples, and cast them out. 3 For they did not gain possession of the land by their own sword, Nor did their own arm save them;
Psalm 44 speaks of the nation of Israel in a season of great defeat, calling out to God for rescue. Some have thought it to be a psalm of the exile period or even afterwards in the days of the Maccabees.
Psalm 44. New King James Version. Redemption Remembered in Present Dishonor. To the Chief Musician. A Contemplation[a] of the sons of Korah. 44 We have heard with our ears, O God, Our fathers have told us, The deeds You did in their days, In days of old: 2 You drove out the [b]nations with Your hand, But them You planted;
Psalm 44. For the choir director: A psalm[a] of the descendants of Korah. 1 O God, we have heard it with our own ears—. our ancestors have told us. of all you did in their day, in days long ago: 2 You drove out the pagan nations by your power. and gave all the land to our ancestors.
10 lis 2014 · Psalm 44 was written during the Babylonian Exile, at a time of despair for the Jews, but hope that God would rescue them. Verse 11 tells us that the Jews have been defeated and scattered among the heathens, which can only be a reference to the Exile:
Psalm 44 is a poignant expression of faith and national identity, in which the Psalmist reflects upon God's historic deliverance of Israel, juxtaposed with their present suffering.
