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Psalm 44

Psa. 44:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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<<To the chief Musician
natsach (Hebrew #5329)
properly, to glitter from afar, i.e. to be eminent (as a superintendent, especially of the Temple services and its music); also (as denominative from 5331), to be permanent
KJV usage: excel, chief musician (singer), oversee(-r), set forward.
Pronounce: naw-tsakh'
Origin: a primitive root
for the sons
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
of Korah
Qorach (Hebrew #7141)
ice; Korach, the name of two Edomites and three Israelites
KJV usage: Korah.
Pronounce: ko'rakh
Origin: from 7139
, Maschil
maskiyl (Hebrew #4905)
instructive, i.e. a didactic poem
KJV usage: Maschil.
Pronounce: mas-keel'
Origin: from 7919
.>> We have heard
shama` (Hebrew #8085)
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
KJV usage: X attentively, call (gather) together, X carefully, X certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, X diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), X indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, X surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
Pronounce: shaw-mah'
Origin: a primitive root
with our ears
'ozen (Hebrew #241)
broadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in man)
KJV usage: + advertise, audience, + displease, ear, hearing, + show.
Pronounce: o'-zen
Origin: from 238
, O God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
, our fathers
'ab (Hebrew #1)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application)
KJV usage: chief, (fore-)father(-less), X patrimony, principal. Compare names in "Abi-".
Pronounce: awb
Origin: a primitive word
have told
caphar (Hebrew #5608)
properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e. celebrate
KJV usage: commune, (ac-)count; declare, number, + penknife, reckon, scribe, shew forth, speak, talk, tell (out), writer.
Pronounce: saw-far'
Origin: a primitive root
us, what work
po`al (Hebrew #6467)
an act or work (concretely)
KJV usage: act, deed, do, getting, maker, work.
Pronounce: po'-al
Origin: from 6466
thou didst
pa`al (Hebrew #6466)
to do or make (systematically and habitually), especially to practise
KJV usage: commit, (evil-) do(-er), make(-r), ordain, work(-er).
Pronounce: paw-al'
Origin: a primitive root
in their days
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
, in the times
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
of old
qedem (Hebrew #6924)
from 6923; the front, of place (absolutely, the fore part, relatively the East) or time (antiquity); often used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward)
KJV usage: aforetime, ancient (time), before, east (end, part, side, -ward), eternal, X ever(-lasting), forward, old, past. Compare 6926.
Pronounce: keh'-dem
Origin: or qedmah {kayd'-maw}
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Fathers,
God,
Korah,
Maschil,
Music; Musicians; Musical Instruments

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-6:  The church, in memory of former favours,
7-16:  complains of her present evils.
17-23:  Professing her integrity,
24-26:  she fervently prays for succour.
A.M. 3294. B.C. 710.
(Title.)
for the sons.
Psa. 42:1• 1<<To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah.>> As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. (Psa. 42:1)
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Psa. 42•  (Psa. 42)
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have heard.
Psa. 22:31• 31They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this. (Psa. 22:31)
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Psa. 71:18• 18Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have showed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come. (Psa. 71:18)
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Psa. 78:3‑6• 3Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
 4We will not hide them from their children, showing to the generation to come the praises of the Lord, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.
 5For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:
 6That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children: (Psa. 78:3‑6)
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Psa. 105:1‑2• 1O give thanks unto the Lord; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people.
 2Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works. (Psa. 105:1‑2)
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Ex. 12:24‑27• 24And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever.
 25And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which the Lord will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this service.
 26And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service?
 27That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the Lord's passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped. (Ex. 12:24‑27)
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Ex. 13:14‑15• 14And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand the Lord brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage:
 15And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the Lord slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the Lord all that openeth the matrix, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem. (Ex. 13:14‑15)
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Isa. 38:19• 19The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth. (Isa. 38:19)
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Joel 1:3• 3Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation. (Joel 1:3)
in the times.
Num. 21:14‑16,27‑30• 14Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the Lord, What he did in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon,
 15And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon the border of Moab.
 16And from thence they went to Beer: that is the well whereof the Lord spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water.
 27Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared:
 28For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon.
 29Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he hath given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto Sihon king of the Amorites.
 30We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, and we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba. (Num. 21:14‑16,27‑30)
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Job 8:8‑9• 8For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:
 9(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:) (Job 8:8‑9)
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Job 15:17‑19• 17I will show thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare;
 18Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:
 19Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them. (Job 15:17‑19)
• Book 2, Series 1. The Great Tribulation. (““The Placement of the Psalms in Prophecy”” by B. Anstey)
• The exercises flowing from relationship under trial are not the theme of this book {of the Psalms}, but exercises of soul with God, when the enjoyment of known relationship is lost. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 42-44” by J.N. Darby)
• Two great principles, faithfulness to the will and authority of God, whatever disaster and seeming desertion there may be, and looking for no other help than God Himself, who seems to have deserted the faithful, are here in play. This puts integrity utterly to the test, and personal faith, and that is just what is needed for the soul to be in the state in which it can be restored to the full joy of positive blessing. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 42-44” by J.N. Darby)
• There is progress, I think, in psalm 44., as compared with the two preceding psalms. There was deprivation, and the light of God's countenance looked for; and all right. Here God Himself is held to in heart-integrity, in spite of everything. It is the same in principle, but more absolute. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 42-44” by J.N. Darby)
• {v.1-2} While the godly remnant wait for deliverance they recall an occasion in Israel’s history when the land was once before given up to wickedness and idolatry when the Canaanites possessed it. (“Book 2.” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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To the chief Musician. Of the sons of Korah. An instruction. O God, with our ears have we heard, our fathers have told us, the workk thou wroughtest in their days, in the days of old:

JND Translation Notes

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As Isa. 45.9.