Apologetics Bible

Psalms 44:1

Hebrew

לַמְנַצֵּחַ לִבְנֵי־קֹרַח מַשְׂכִּֽיל׃

lamenatzecha-liveney-qorach-mashekhiyl

KJV: We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.

AKJV: We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work you did in their days, in the times of old.

ASV: We have heard with our ears, O God,

YLT: To the Overseer. --By sons of Korah. An Instruction. O God, with our ears we have heard, Our fathers have recounted to us, The work Thou didst work in their days, In the days of old.

Exposition: Psalms 44:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 44:2

Hebrew

אֱלֹהִים ׀ בְּאָזְנֵינוּ שָׁמַעְנוּ אֲבוֹתֵינוּ סִפְּרוּ־לָנוּ פֹּעַל פָּעַלְתָּ בִֽימֵיהֶם בִּימֵי קֶֽדֶם׃

'elohiym- -ve'azeneynv-shama'env-'avvoteynv-siferv-lanv-fo'al-fa'aleta-viymeyhem-viymey-qedem

KJV: How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.

AKJV: How you did drive out the heathen with your hand, and planted them; how you did afflict the people, and cast them out.

ASV: Thou didst drive out the nations with thy hand;

YLT: Thou, with Thy hand, nations hast dispossessed. And Thou dost plant them. Thou afflictest peoples, and sendest them away.

Exposition: Psalms 44:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 44:3

Hebrew

אַתָּה ׀ יָדְךָ גּוֹיִם הוֹרַשְׁתָּ וַתִּטָּעֵם תָּרַע לְאֻמִּים וַֽתְּשַׁלְּחֵֽם׃

'atah- -yadekha-gvoyim-hvorasheta-vatita'em-tara'-le'umiym-vateshalechem

KJV: For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.

AKJV: For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your countenance, because you had a favor to them.

ASV: For they gat not the land in possession by their own sword,

YLT: For, not by their sword Possessed they the land, And their arm gave not salvation to them, But Thy right hand, and Thine arm, And the light of Thy countenance, Because Thou hadst accepted them.

Exposition: Psalms 44:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 44:4

Hebrew

כִּי לֹא בְחַרְבָּם יָרְשׁוּ אָרֶץ וּזְרוֹעָם לֹא־הוֹשִׁיעָה לָּמוֹ כִּֽי־יְמִֽינְךָ וּזְרוֹעֲךָ וְאוֹר פָּנֶיךָ כִּי רְצִיתָֽם׃

khiy-lo'-vecharevam-yareshv-'aretz-vzervo'am-lo'-hvoshiy'ah-lamvo-khiy-yemiynekha-vzervo'akha-ve'vor-faneykha-khiy-retziytam

KJV: Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.

AKJV: You are my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.

ASV: Thou art my King, O God:

YLT: Thou art He, my king, O God, Command the deliverances of Jacob.

Exposition: Psalms 44:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 44:5

Hebrew

אַתָּה־הוּא מַלְכִּי אֱלֹהִים צַוֵּה יְשׁוּעוֹת יַעֲקֹֽב׃

'atah-hv'-malekhiy-'elohiym-tzaveh-yeshv'vot-ya'aqov

KJV: Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.

AKJV: Through you will we push down our enemies: through your name will we tread them under that rise up against us.

ASV: Through thee will we push down our adversaries:

YLT: By Thee our adversaries we do push, By Thy name tread down our withstanders,

Exposition: Psalms 44:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 44:6

Hebrew

בְּךָ צָרֵינוּ נְנַגֵּחַ בְּשִׁמְךָ נָבוּס קָמֵֽינוּ׃

vekha-tzareynv-nenagecha-veshimekha-navvs-qameynv

KJV: For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.

AKJV: For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.

ASV: For I will not trust in my bow,

YLT: For, not in my bow do I trust, And my sword doth not save me.

Exposition: Psalms 44:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 44:7

Hebrew

כִּי לֹא בְקַשְׁתִּי אֶבְטָח וְחַרְבִּי לֹא תוֹשִׁיעֵֽנִי׃

khiy-lo'-veqashetiy-'evetach-vechareviy-lo'-tvoshiy'eniy

KJV: But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.

AKJV: But you have saved us from our enemies, and have put them to shame that hated us.

ASV: But thou hast saved us from our adversaries,

YLT: For Thou hast saved us from our adversaries, And those hating us Thou hast put to shame.

Exposition: Psalms 44:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 44:8

Hebrew

כִּי הוֹשַׁעְתָּנוּ מִצָּרֵינוּ וּמְשַׂנְאֵינוּ הֱבִישֽׁוֹתָ׃

khiy-hvosha'etanv-mitzareynv-vmeshane'eynv-heviyshvota

KJV: In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah.

AKJV: In God we boast all the day long, and praise your name for ever. Selah.

ASV: In God have we made our boast all the day long,

YLT: In God we have boasted all the day, And Thy name to the age we thank. Selah.

Exposition: Psalms 44:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 44:9

Hebrew

בֵּֽאלֹהִים הִלַּלְנוּ כָל־הַיּוֹם וְשִׁמְךָ ׀ לְעוֹלָם נוֹדֶה סֶֽלָה׃

ve'lohiym-hilalenv-khal-hayvom-veshimekha- -le'volam-nvodeh-selah

KJV: But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.

AKJV: But you have cast off, and put us to shame; and go not forth with our armies.

ASV: But now thou hast cast us off, and brought us to dishonor,

YLT: In anger Thou hast cast off and causest us to blush, And goest not forth with our hosts.

Exposition: Psalms 44:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 44:10

Hebrew

אַף־זָנַחְתָּ וַתַּכְלִימֵנוּ וְלֹא־תֵצֵא בְּצִבְאוֹתֵֽינוּ׃

'af-zanacheta-vatakheliymenv-velo'-tetze'-vetzive'voteynv

KJV: Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.

AKJV: You make us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.

ASV: Thou makest us to turn back from the adversary;

YLT: Thou causest us to turn backward from an adversary, And those hating us, Have spoiled for themselves.

Exposition: Psalms 44:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 44:11

Hebrew

תְּשִׁיבֵנוּ אָחוֹר מִנִּי־צָר וּמְשַׂנְאֵינוּ שָׁסוּ לָֽמוֹ׃

teshiyvenv-'achvor-miniy-tzar-vmeshane'eynv-shasv-lamvo

KJV: Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen.

AKJV: You have given us like sheep appointed for meat; and have scattered us among the heathen.

ASV: Thou hast made us like sheep appointed for food,

YLT: Thou makest us food like sheep, And among nations Thou hast scattered us.

Exposition: Psalms 44:11 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 44:12

Hebrew

תִּתְּנֵנוּ כְּצֹאן מַאֲכָל וּבַגּוֹיִם זֵרִיתָֽנוּ׃

titenenv-khetzo'n-ma'akhal-vvagvoyim-zeriytanv

KJV: Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.

AKJV: You sell your people for nothing, and do not increase your wealth by their price.

ASV: Thou sellest thy people for nought,

YLT: Thou sellest Thy people--without wealth, And hast not become great by their price.

Exposition: Psalms 44:12 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 44:13

Hebrew

תִּמְכֹּֽר־עַמְּךָ בְלֹא־הוֹן וְלֹא־רִבִּיתָ בִּמְחִירֵיהֶֽם׃

timekhor-'amekha-velo'-hvon-velo'-riviyta-vimechiyreyhem

KJV: Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.

AKJV: You make us a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.

ASV: Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors,

YLT: Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, A scorn and a reproach to our surrounders.

Exposition: Psalms 44:13 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 44:14

Hebrew

תְּשִׂימֵנוּ חֶרְפָּה לִשְׁכֵנֵינוּ לַעַג וָקֶלֶס לִסְבִיבוֹתֵֽינוּ׃

teshiymenv-cherefah-lishekheneynv-la'ag-vaqeles-liseviyvvoteynv

KJV: Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.

AKJV: You make us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.

ASV: Thou makest us a byword among the nations,

YLT: Thou makest us a simile among nations, A shaking of the head among peoples.

Exposition: Psalms 44:14 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 44:15

Hebrew

תְּשִׂימֵנוּ מָשָׁל בַּגּוֹיִם מְנֽוֹד־רֹאשׁ בַּל־אֻמִּֽים׃

teshiymenv-mashal-vagvoyim-menvod-ro'sh-val-'umiym

KJV: My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,

AKJV: My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face has covered me,

ASV: All the day long is my dishonor before me,

YLT: All the day my confusion is before me, And the shame of my face hath covered me.

Exposition: Psalms 44:15 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 44:16

Hebrew

כָּל־הַיּוֹם כְּלִמָּתִי נֶגְדִּי וּבֹשֶׁת פָּנַי כִּסָּֽתְנִי׃

khal-hayvom-khelimatiy-negediy-vvoshet-fanay-khisateniy

KJV: For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger.

AKJV: For the voice of him that reproaches and blasphemes; by reason of the enemy and avenger.

ASV: For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth,

YLT: Because of the voice of a reproacher and reviler, Because of an enemy and a self-avenger.

Exposition: Psalms 44:16 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 44:17

Hebrew

מִקּוֹל מְחָרֵף וּמְגַדֵּף מִפְּנֵי אוֹיֵב וּמִתְנַקֵּֽם׃

miqvol-mecharef-vmegadef-mifeney-'voyev-vmitenaqem

KJV: All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.

AKJV: All this is come on us; yet have we not forgotten you, neither have we dealt falsely in your covenant.

ASV: All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee,

YLT: All this met us, and we did not forget Thee, Nor have we dealt falsely in Thy covenant.

Exposition: Psalms 44:17 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 44:18

Hebrew

כָּל־זֹאת בָּאַתְנוּ וְלֹא שְׁכַחֲנוּךָ וְלֹֽא־שִׁקַּרְנוּ בִּבְרִיתֶֽךָ׃

khal-zo't-va'atenv-velo'-shekhachanvkha-velo'-shiqarenv-viveriytekha

KJV: Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;

AKJV: Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from your way;

ASV: Our heart is not turned back,

YLT: We turn not backward our heart, Nor turn aside doth our step from Thy path.

Exposition: Psalms 44:18 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 44:19

Hebrew

לֹא־נָסוֹג אָחוֹר לִבֵּנוּ וַתֵּט אֲשֻׁרֵינוּ מִנִּי אָרְחֶֽךָ׃

lo'-nasvog-'achvor-livenv-vatet-'ashureynv-miniy-'arechekha

KJV: Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.

AKJV: Though you have sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.

ASV: That thou hast sore broken us in the place of jackals,

YLT: But Thou hast smitten us in a place of dragons, And dost cover us over with death-shade.

Exposition: Psalms 44:19 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 44:20

Hebrew

כִּי דִכִּיתָנוּ בִּמְקוֹם תַּנִּים וַתְּכַס עָלֵינוּ בְצַלְמָֽוֶת׃

khiy-dikhiytanv-vimeqvom-taniym-vatekhas-'aleynv-vetzalemavet

KJV: If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;

AKJV: If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;

ASV: If we have forgotten the name of our God,

YLT: If we have forgotten the name of our God, And spread our hands to a strange God,

Exposition: Psalms 44:20 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 44:21

Hebrew

אִם־שָׁכַחְנוּ שֵׁם אֱלֹהֵינוּ וַנִּפְרֹשׂ כַּפֵּינוּ לְאֵל זָֽר׃

'im-shakhachenv-shem-'eloheynv-vaniferosh-khafeynv-le'el-zar

KJV: Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

AKJV: Shall not God search this out? for he knows the secrets of the heart.

ASV: Will not God search this out?

YLT: Doth not God search out this? For He knoweth the secrets of the heart.

Exposition: Psalms 44:21 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 44:22

Hebrew

הֲלֹא אֱלֹהִים יַֽחֲקָר־זֹאת כִּֽי־הוּא יֹדֵעַ תַּעֲלֻמוֹת לֵֽב׃

halo'-'elohiym-yachaqar-zo't-khiy-hv'-yode'a-ta'alumvot-lev

KJV: Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.

AKJV: Yes, for your sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.

ASV: Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long;

YLT: Surely, for Thy sake we have been slain all the day, Reckoned as sheep of the slaughter.

Exposition: Psalms 44:22 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 44:23

Hebrew

כִּֽי־עָלֶיךָ הֹרַגְנוּ כָל־הַיּוֹם נֶחְשַׁבְנוּ כְּצֹאן טִבְחָֽה׃

khiy-'aleykha-horagenv-khal-hayvom-necheshavenv-khetzo'n-tivechah

KJV: Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.

AKJV: Awake, why sleep you, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.

ASV: Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord?

YLT: Stir up--why dost Thou sleep, O Lord? Awake, cast us not off for ever.

Exposition: Psalms 44:23 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 44:24

Hebrew

עוּרָה ׀ לָמָּה תִישַׁן ׀ אֲדֹנָי הָקִיצָה אַל־תִּזְנַח לָנֶֽצַח׃

'vrah- -lamah-tiyshan- -'adonay-haqiytzah-'al-tizenach-lanetzach

KJV: Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?

AKJV: Why hide you your face, and forget our affliction and our oppression?

ASV: Wherefore hidest thou thy face,

YLT: Why Thy face hidest Thou? Thou forgettest our afflictions and our oppression,

Exposition: Psalms 44:24 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 44:25

Hebrew

לָֽמָּה־פָנֶיךָ תַסְתִּיר תִּשְׁכַּח עָנְיֵנוּ וְֽלַחֲצֵֽנוּ׃

lamah-faneykha-tasetiyr-tishekhach-'aneyenv-velachatzenv

KJV: For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.

AKJV: For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly sticks to the earth.

ASV: For our soul is bowed down to the dust:

YLT: For bowed to the dust hath our soul, Cleaved to the earth hath our belly.

Exposition: Psalms 44:25 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 44:26

Hebrew

כִּי שָׁחָה לֶעָפָר נַפְשֵׁנוּ דָּבְקָה לָאָרֶץ בִּטְנֵֽנוּ׃

khiy-shachah-le'afar-nafeshenv-daveqah-la'aretz-vitenenv

KJV: Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies’ sake.

AKJV: Arise for our help, and redeem us for your mercies’ sake.

ASV: Rise up for our help,

YLT: Arise, a help to us, And ransom us for thy kindness' sake.

Exposition: Psalms 44:26 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies’ sake.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.