Psalms 44:2

Psalms 44:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.
• New International Version (NIV)With your hand you drove out the nations and planted our ancestors; you crushed the peoples and made our ancestors flourish.
• English Standard Version (ESV)you with your own hand drove out the nations, but them you planted; you afflicted the peoples, but them you set free;
• New King James Version (NKJV)You drove out the nations with Your hand, But them You planted; You afflicted the peoples, and cast them out.

Context of Psalms 44:2

1For the music director, a psalm of the sons of Korah, a contemplative song. We have heard with our ears, O God —our fathers have told us— of a work You did in their days, in days of old. 3With Your hand You displaced nations, but You planted them. You afflicted peoples, and You drove them out. 4For it was not by their own sword that they took possession of the land, nor did their own arm save them. But it was Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face— for You favored them.

Psalms 44:2 word by word

אַתָּ֤ה׀ יָדְךָ֡ גּוֹיִ֣ם ה֭וֹרַשְׁתָּ וַתִּטָּעֵ֑ם תָּרַ֥ע לְ֝אֻמִּ֗ים וַֽתְּשַׁלְּחֵֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• thou didst drive outיָרַשׁyârash yârêsh · to possess: takeH3423
• the heathenגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• with thy handיָדyâd · handH3027
• and plantedstנָטַעnâţa‛ · to plantH5193
• thou didst afflictרָעַעrâ‛a‛ · be evilH7489
• the peopleלְאֹםle'ôm le'ôm · peopleH3816
• and cast them outשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: let goH7971

Cross-references for Psalms 44:2

• Psalms 78:55He drove out nations before them, and allotted them an inheritance. He settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.
• Psalms 80:8Elohei-Tzva’ot, restore us, and make Your face shine, and we will be saved.
• Psalms 105:44He gave them the lands of the nations, so they inherited the labor of the peoples
• Psalms 135:10He struck down many nations and slew mighty kings:
• Psalms 136:17who struck down great kings, for His lovingkindness endures forever,
• Exodus 15:17You bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of Your inheritance, the place, Adonai, that You have made for Yourself to dwell in— the Sanctuary, Adonai, which Your hands have prepared.
• Exodus 34:11Obey what I am commanding you today. Behold, I am going to drive out the Amorites, Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites before you.
• Deuteronomy 7:1“When Adonai your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess and drives out many nations before you—the Hittite and the Girgashite and the Amorite, the Canaanite and the Perizzite, the Hivite and the Jebusite, seven nations more numerous and mightier than you—
• Joshua 10:42Thus Joshua captured all those kings and their lands at a single stroke, because Adonai God of Israel fought for Israel.
• Joshua 11:23So Joshua captured the whole country, according to all that Adonai had spoken to Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance to Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. Then the land had rest from war.
• Joshua 21:43So Adonai gave to Israel the entire land that He had sworn to give to their fathers. They took possession and settled in it.
• Nehemiah 9:22“You gave them kingdoms and peoples and You allotted them their boundaries of the land. They possessed the land of Sihon king of Heshbon and the country of Og king of Bashan.
• Psalms 89:9Adonai Elohei-Tzva’ot, who is like You, mighty Adonai, with Your faithfulness all around You?
• Ezekiel 17:6Then it sprouted and became a low, spreading vine, with its branches turned toward him, but its roots grew under him. So it became a vine, produced branches and sent out shoots.
• Jeremiah 17:8For he will be like a tree planted by the waters, spreading out its roots by a stream. It has no fear when heat comes, but its leaves will be green. It does not worry in a year of drought, nor depart from yielding fruit.
• Exodus 23:28I will send the hornet before you, which will drive out the Hivites, the Canaanites and the Hittites, from before you.

Commentaries on Psalms 44:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Thou didst drove out the heathen - The Canaanites were as a bad tree planted in a good soil, and bringing forth bad fruit with great luxuriance. God plucked up this bad tree from the roots, and in its place planted the Hebrews as a good tree, a good vine, and caused them to take root, and fill the land.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand - The word rendered “heathen” means simply nations without necessarily conveying the idea of paganism, as that word is now understood. It means the nations, to wit, of the land of Canaan, or the Canaanites; and as these nations were in fact idolaters, or strangers to the true religion, the word came in time to have that idea attached to it. It is in that sense that we use the term now, though the word…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2God drove out the pagan nations during the conquests recorded in Joshua.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-261-3. This period is that of the settlement of Canaan (Jos 24:12; Jud 6:3). have told--or, "related" (compare Ex 10:2).Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 44:2

• Canaan
• Heathen

In the dictionaries

• Naught
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• Scorn
• Bible, the
• Korahites; Sons of Korah
• Pentateuch
• People
• Providence
• Psalms, Book of
• Korahite

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