Psalms 44:9

44:8 In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah.

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

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But now you rejected us, and brought us to dishonor, and don’t go out with our armies.

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

But you have cast off, and put us to shame; and go not forth with our armies.

44:10 Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.

What does Psalms 44:9 mean?

Psalms 44:9 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include אַף (ʼaph), זָנַח (zânach), כָּלַם (kâlam). It connects to 7 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

Hebrew interlinear

Butאַףʼaph/af/H637meaning accession (used as an adverb or conjunction); also or yea; adversatively though

thou

hast

cast

off,זָנַחzânach/zaw-nakh'/H2186reject, forsake, fail

and

put

shame;כָּלַםkâlam/kaw-lawm'/H3637properly, to wound; but only figuratively, to taunt or insult

and

goest

not

forthיָצָאyâtsâʼ/yaw-tsaw'/H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.

with

our

armies.צָבָאtsâbâʼ/tsaw-baw'/H6635a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized forwar (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship, worship)

Commentary on Psalms 44:9

HENRY_FULL · Psalms 44:9

h them he had the greatest struggles. I. He complains to God of the injuries they did him; they strove with him, fought against him ( ver. 1 ), persecuted him ( ver. 3 ), sought his ruin ( ver. 4 , 7 ), accused him falsely ( ver. 11 ), abused him basely ( ver. 15, 16 ), and all his friends ( ver. 20 ), and triumphed over him,, ver. 21 , 25 , 26 . II. He pleads his own innocency, that he never gave them any provocation ( ver. 7 , 19 ), but, on the contrary, had studied to oblige them, ver. 12-14 . III. He prays to God to protect and deliver him, and appear for him ( ver. 1, 2 ), to comfort him ( ver. 3 ), to be nigh to him and rescue him ( ver. 17 , 22 ), to plead his cause ( ver. 23, 24 ), to defeat all the designs of his enemies against him ( ver. 3, 4 ), to disappoint their expectations of his fall ( ver. 19 , 25 , 26 ), and, lastly, to countenance all his friends, and encourage them ( ver. 27 . IV. He prophesies the destruction of his persecutors, ver. 4-6 , 8 . V. He promises himself that he shall yet see better days ( ver. 9, 10 ), and promises God that he will then attend him with his praises, ver. 18 , 28 . In singing this psalm, and praying over it, we must take heed of applying it to any little peevish quarrels and enmities of our own, and of expressing by it any uncharitable revengeful resentments of injuries done to us; for Christ has taught us to forgive our enemies and not to pray against them, but to pray for them, as he did; but, 1. We may comfort ourselves with the testimony of our consciences concerning our innocency, with reference to those that are any way injurious to us, and with hopes that God will, in his own way and time, right us, and, in the mean time, support us. 2. We ought to apply it to the public enemies of Christ and his kingdom, typified by David and his kingdom, to resent the indignities done to Christ's honour, to pray to God to plead the just and injured cause of Christianity and serious godliness, and to believe that God will, in due time, glorify his own name in the ruin of all the irreconcilable enemies of his church, that will not repent to give him glory. Prayer for Divine Protection. 1 Plead my cause, O Lord , with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me. 2 Take hold of shield a

Cross-references

Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Exodus 15:3

The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his name.

Deuteronomy 32:41

If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.

Deuteronomy 32:42

I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.

Psalms 7:12

If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.

Psalms 7:13

He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.

Isaiah 13:5

They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.

Isaiah 42:13

The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies. prevail: or, behave himself mightily

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What does Psalms 44:9 say?

Psalms 44:9 (King James Version) reads: "But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies."

Is Psalms 44:9 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 44:9 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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