Psalms Chapter 44 verse 9 Holy Bible
But now thou hast cast `us' off, and brought us to dishonor, And goest not forth with our hosts.
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But now you have sent us away from you, and put us to shame; you do not go out with our armies.
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But thou hast cast off, and put us to confusion, and dost not go forth with our armies;
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But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.
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In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah.
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But now you rejected us, and brought us to dishonor, And don't go out with our armies.
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In anger Thou hast cast off and causest us to blush, And goest not forth with our hosts.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 9-16. - These verses form the second stanza, and are a loud and bitter complaint. God has recently dealt with Israel exceptionally - has seemed to "cast them off," has "put them to shame," allowed them to be defeated and despoiled, slain and carried into captivity, made a scorn and a derision, a reproach and a byword. He no longer "goes forth with their armies," to secure them victory over their foes, but holds aloof, and covers them with confusion. The description implies, not a single defeat, but a somewhat prolonged period of depression, during which several "armies" have been beaten, several battles lost, multitudes slain, and great numbers carried away captive (ver. 11). Still, a general captivity, like the Babylonian, is certainly not spoken cf. The nation is as yet unconquered. It needs but a return of God's favour to turn the vanquished into the victors, and to replace shame by boasting. Verse 9. - But thou hast cast off (comp. Psalm 43:2) and put us to shame (see also ver. 16). It is the shame of defeat, rather than the physical pains or material losses, that grieve the writer. And goest not forth with our armies. Israel has still "armies" at her disposal. It is therefore certainly not the early Maccabean period, nor the time of the expiring monarchy. Her armies have free play, are sent forth, only God does not "go forth" with them (comp. Psalm 60:10).
