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Psalms 44:9
9But You have cast us off and put us to shame, And You do not go out with our armies.
Psalms 44:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.
- New International Version (NIV)But now you have rejected and humbled us; you no longer go out with our armies.
- English Standard Version (ESV)But you have rejected us and disgraced us and have not gone out with our armies.
- New Living Translation (NLT)But now you have tossed us aside in dishonor. You no longer lead our armies to battle.
Context of Psalms 44:9
7But You have saved us from our enemies, And have put to shame those who hated us. 8In God we boast all day long, And praise Your name forever. Selah But You have cast us off and put us to shame, And You do not go out with our armies. 10You make us turn back from the enemy, And those who hate us have taken spoil for themselves. 11You have given us up like sheep intended for food, And have scattered us among the nations.
Read all of Psalms 44Psalms 44:9 word by word
אַף־זָ֭נַחְתָּ וַתַּכְלִימֵ֑נוּ וְלֹא־תֵ֝צֵ֗א בְּצִבְאוֹתֵֽינוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 44:9
- Psalms 43:2For You are the God of my strength; Why do You cast me off? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
- Psalms 60:1O God, You have cast us off; You have broken us down; You have been displeased; Oh, restore us again!
- Psalms 74:1O God, why have You cast us off forever? Why does Your anger smoke against the sheep of Your pasture?
- Psalms 80:12Why have You broken down her hedges, So that all who pass by the way pluck her fruit?
- Psalms 89:38But You have cast off and abhorred, You have been furious with Your anointed.
- Psalms 108:11Is it not You, O God, who cast us off? And You, O God, who did not go out with our armies?
- Jeremiah 33:24“Have you not considered what these people have spoken, saying, ‘The two families which the Lord has chosen, He has also cast them off’? Thus they have despised My people, as if they should no more be a nation before them.
- Lamentations 3:31For the Lord will not cast off forever.
- Lamentations 3:32Though He causes grief, Yet He will show compassion According to the multitude of His mercies.
- Romans 11:1I say then, has God cast away His people? Certainly not! For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
Commentaries on Psalms 44:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9But thou hast cast off - Our enemies have dominion over us. And goest not forth with our armies - Were we to attempt to muster our several tribes, and form a host, like our fathers when they came out of Egypt, thou wouldst not accompany us as thou didst them: the horses and chariots of the Babylonians would soon overtake and destroy us.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9But thou hast cast off - The author of the psalm now commences a description of the existing circumstances of the nation, so strongly in contrast with what had existed in former times when God interposed in their behalf, and when he gave them success. This is properly the commencement of the second part of the psalm, and the description is continued to Psalm 44:16. The Hebrew word here rendered “hast cast off” implies disgust and abhorrence, as the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-16Verses 9-16 The believer must have times of temptation, affliction, and discouragement; the church must have seasons of persecution. At such times the people of God will be ready to fear that he has cast them off, and that his name and truth will be dishonoured. But they should look above the instruments of their trouble, to God, well knowing that their worst enemies have no power against them, but what is permitted from above.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-16The people have experienced defeat (Psalm 44:9–12), so they understand suffering and shame (44:13–16).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. But--contrasting, cast off as abhorrent (Psa 43:2). goest not forth--literally, "will not go" (2Sa 5:23). In several consecutive verses the leading verb is future, and the following one past (in Hebrew), thus denoting the causes and effects. Thus (Psa 44:10-12), when defeated, spoiling follows; when delivered as sheep, dispersion follows, &c.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 44
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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