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Psalm 44:1 KJV
Psalms · chapter 44 · verse 1
To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil.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.Psalm 44:1 · King James Version
Psalm 44:1 in context
1We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.
2How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.
3For 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- fathersʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- heardshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085 →
- didstpâʻalto do or make , especially to practiseH6466 →
- earsʼôzenbroadnessH241 →
- toldçâpharproperly, to score with a mark as a tally or recordH5608 →
- workpôʻalan act or workH6467 →
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Some observe that most of the psalms that are entitled Maschil - psalms of instruction, are sorrowful psalms; for afflictions give instructions, and sorrow of spirit opens the ear to them. Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest and teachest.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-8