You are my King, God. Command victories for Jacob!
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You are my King, God. Command victories for Jacob!
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Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.
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(44-5) Thou art my King, O God; command the salvation of Jacob.
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Passages linked to Psalms 44:4 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Psalms 42:8 Yahweh will command his loving kindness in the daytime. In the night his song shall be with me: a prayer to the God of my life.
- Psalms 74:12 Yet God is my King of old, working salvation throughout the earth.
- Psalms 89:18 For our shield belongs to Yahweh, our king to the Holy One of Israel.
- Psalms 149:2 Let Israel rejoice in him who made them. Let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.
- Mark 9:25 When Jesus saw that a multitude came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to him, “You mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him, and never enter him again!”
- Isaiah 33:22 For Yahweh is our judge. Yahweh is our lawgiver. Yahweh is our king. He will save us.
- Mark 1:25-26 Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be quiet, and come out of him!” The unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him.
- Mark 1:31 He came and took her by the hand, and raised her up. The fever left her immediately, and she served them.
- Mark 1:41 Being moved with compassion, he stretched out his hand, and touched him, and said to him, “I want to. Be made clean.”
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John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain 4. Thou, even thou, art my King, O God!…
4. Thou, even thou, art my King, O God! In this verse the faithful express still more plainly what I have already alluded to a little before, namely, that the goodness of God was not only apparent in the deliverance of his people, but also flowed upon them in continued succession from age to age; and therefore it is said, Thou, even thou, art my King In my judgment, the demonstrative pronoun הוא, hu, imports as much as if the prophet had put together a long series of the benefits of God after the first deliverance; so that it might appear, that God, who had once been the deliverer of his people, did not show himself otherwise towards their posterity: unless, perhaps, it might be considered as emphatic, and employed for the purpose of asserting the thing stated the more strongly, namely, that the faithful praise God alone as the guardian of their welfare to the exclusion of all others, and the renunciation of aid from any other quarter. Hence they also present the prayer, that God would ordain and send forth new deliverances to his people; for, as he has in his power innumerable means of preservation and deliverance, he is said to appoint and send forth deliverances as his messengers wherever it seems good to him.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Because thou art our king, therefore deliver thy people…
Because thou art our king, therefore deliver thy people from their misery.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Psa 44:4 Thou art my King, O God: command…
Psa 44:4 Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.
Ver. 4. Thou art my King, O God] Heb. Thou art he, my King; Or, Thou art the same, my King, i.e. the same that thou wast to those of old. Oh, see to thy subjects, as ever thou hast done.
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Command deliverances for Jacob] A Mandamus from thee will do it; he spake the word, and it was done. Some read it, Command deliverances, O Jacob; that is, O God of Jacob, as Psa 24:6.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain My King; Jacob’s or Israel’s King, in a peculiar…
My King; Jacob’s or Israel’s King, in a peculiar manner. The whole people speak like one man, as being united together in one body.
Command, i.e. effectually procure by thy commanding word.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Thou art my King, O God,.... Besides the favours…
Thou art my King, O God,.... Besides the favours God had done for his people in time past, the church takes notice of her interest in God as her King, who was able to protect and defend her, and to deliver her out of all her distresses, in order the more to strengthen her faith and hope in him; and, claiming her interest in him, she draws nigh to him with an holy boldness, and desires him as a King, that by a word of his (for where the word of a king is, there is power) he would
command deliverances for Jacob; not literally, but mystically understood; the spiritual Jacob, and people of God; all Israelites indeed, in whom there is no guile; meaning herself and members: the blessing desired is "deliverances", or "salvations"; so called, because the, deliverance or salvation the Lord commands grants, and works out for his people, is of different kinds, both spiritual and, temporal, and is a deliverance from various things; from sin, Satan, the present evil world, wrath to come, and all enemies; and out of various temptations and afflictions, and which follow successively one upon another; and at last it is complete and perfect.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain My king - The whole people speak as one…
My king - The whole people speak as one man, being united in one body.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 4. Thou art my king] What thou wert…
Verse 4. Thou art my king] What thou wert to them, be to us. We believe in thee as they did; we have sinned and are in captivity, but we repent and turn unto thee; command, therefore, deliverances to Jacob, for we are the descendants of him in whose behalf thou hast wrought such wonders.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Psa 44:4-8. Thou art my king, O God —…
Psa 44:4-8. Thou art my king, O God — And thou, O God, who didst such astonishing things for them, art still the very same almighty Being, whom I honour as my sovereign, my governor, and protector. The whole people speak as one man, being united together in one body. Command — That is, effectually procure by thy commanding word, deliverances for Jacob — For the posterity of Jacob, the Israelites. Through thee will we push down our enemies — Hebrew, ננגח, nenaggeeach, cornu feriemus, we will smite with the horn, that is, subdue and destroy them. The phrase is taken from Deu 33:17, and alludes to cattle pushing with their horns. As if he had said, If thou wouldst but appear for us, the most powerful enemies would not be able to stand before us. Through thy name will we tread them under — That is, by the help of thy power. I will not trust in my bow — I have no confidence in my arms, but in thee only, (as the next verse implies,) and therefore do not frustrate my hope and expectation, placed only on thee. In God we boast all the day — In this we glory continually, that we have such a King, such a mighty Saviour and Deliverer, who has wrought such wonderful things for us and our forefathers.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Thou art my King, O God - literally, “Thou…
Thou art my King, O God - literally, “Thou art He, my King, O God;” that is, Thou art the same: the same King, and the same God, who didst interpose in the time of the fathers, and thou art he whom I recognize as King, as the Sovereign Ruler of thy people. The psalmist here uses the singular number, “my King,” as expressive of his own feelings, though he doubtless means also to speak in the name of the people. It would seem not improbable from this, that the author of the psalm was the reigning monarch in the time of the troubles referred to. If not, it was evidently one who personated him, and who meant to represent his feelings. The language shows the strong confidence of the author of the psalm in God, and perhaps also is designed to express his personal responsibility at the time, and his consciousness that his only refuge in conducting the troubled affairs of the nation was God.
Command deliverances for Jacob - As if all was under His command, and He had only to give direction, and salvation would come. The word “Jacob” here is used to denote the descendants of Jacob, or the people of God. See the notes at Psa 24:6.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain Thou art my King--literally, "he who is my King,"…
Thou art my King--literally, "he who is my King," sustaining the same covenant relation as to the "fathers."
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 4. Thou art my King—Literally, Thou art he, my…
4. Thou art my King—Literally, Thou art he, my King. This same God is still confessed to be Israel’s King. The retrospect emboldens faith.
Deliverances—Salvations; the plural used for fulness, completeness.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 4. my King] Cp. Psa_47:6; Psa_74:12; 1Sa_12:12. The Psalmist…
4. my King] Cp. Psa_47:6; Psa_74:12; 1Sa_12:12. The Psalmist speaks in the name of the nation. Cp. Psa_44:6.
command] Cp. Psa_42:8. It is the duty of a king to defend his people (1Sa_10:19); and the authority of the divine King is supreme. He has but to speak the word and it must needs be obeyed.
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deliverances] R.V. deliverance, marg., victories (cp. Psa_44:3). The Heb. word is plural, denoting deliverance full and complete. Cp. Psa_18:50; Psa_42:5 (note).
4–8. The recollection of the past gives confidence for the present and the future. God’s strength must still avail for the deliverance of His people, and in Him alone do they trust.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (4) Thou art my King.—Literally, Thou, He, my king,…
(4) Thou art my King.—Literally, Thou, He, my king, an idiomatic way of making a strong assertion, Thou, even thou, art my king, O God. (Comp. Isa_43:25.) What God has done in the past may be expected again, and for a moment the poet forgets the weight of actual trouble in the faith that has sprung from the grateful retrospect over the past.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Thou art my King, O God; literally, thou art…
Thou art my King, O God; literally, thou art he that is my King, O God; i.e. I acknowledge no other king but thee, no other absolute lord and master. Command deliverances for Jacob. Being King, thou hast a right to command. We pray thee at this present time to command our deliverance.
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Charles H. Spurgeon 1885 · Public Domain Ver. 4. Thou art my King, O God. Knowing…
Ver. 4. Thou art my King, O God. Knowing right well thy power and grace my heart is glad to own thee for her sovereign prince. Who among the mighty are so illustrious as thou art? To whom, then, should I yield my homage or turn for aid? God of my fathers in the olden time, thou art my soul's monarch and liege Lord. Command deliverances for Jacob. To whom should a people look but to their king? he it is who, by virtue of his office, fights their battles for them. In the case of our King, how easy it is for him to scatter all our foes! O Lord, the King of kings, with what ease canst thou rescue thy people; a word of thine can do it, give but the command and thy persecuted people shall be free. Jacob's long life was crowded with trials and deliverances, and his descendants are here called by his name, as if to typify the similarity of their experience to that of their great forefather. He who would win the blessings of Israel must share the sorrows of Jacob. This verse contains a personal declaration and an intercessory prayer; those can pray best who make most sure of their personal interest in God, and those who have the fullest assurance that the Lord is their God should be the foremost to plead for the rest of the tried family of the faithful.
Ver. 4. My King; apparently with a personal application to himself, the poet individually claiming his own place in the covenant between God and his people. J. J. Stewart Perowne.
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Ver. 4. Thou art my king, O God; command deliverances for Jacob. If there were no creature, no instrument in the world to help, yet would you not be at a loss in time of need, for he that is on the throne could do it alone. He can do all that ever you need, without any means or instruments. His bare word is sufficient, all sufficient, for it, whatever it be, how great, how difficult, how impossible soever it seems. Such a power there is even in the word of the great King. There needs no more to deliver you, to deliver his people anywhere, how deep soever plunged, but only the command of him that sits on the throne. If the gospel, the interests of Christ, in these parts of the world, and the dear concerns of our souls, and the souls of posterity, were all as dry bones, in a more forlorn and hopeless condition than they are, he could make all live with a word. He that is our King, that sits upon the throne, can command life into that which seems as far from living as a dry bone. While he keeps the throne, it is a senseless heart that fails through distrust of his power, even when all visible power and help fail. David Clarkson.
Ver. 4.
1. Divine royalty acknowledged.
2. Royal interposition entreated.
3. Divine covenant hinted at, Jacob; or, the loyal subject seeking royal aid for the royal seed.
Ver. 4. Personal allegiance and pleading intercession.
Ver. 4. My King. This intends
1. My Ruler.
2. My Honour.
3. My Leader.
4. My Defender.
Ver. 4. The deliverances of Jacob, illustrated by his eventful life.
Psalms 44:5*
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 44:4-8 God’s people feel confident about his mighty acts;…
44:4-8 God’s people feel confident about his mighty acts; he was with them in the past, and he is their king in the present.
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