Psa 44:6 | KingComments | STEP | Although the psalm is a collective lamentation, we find several times that the psalmist nevertheless speaks in the singular ( ). They acknowledge no other King but God ( ; cf. ). By contemplating the deeds of God in the past, the faith of the remnant has been strengthened. As a result, they now dare to declare individually that not the antichrist, but the LORD God is their King: “You [with emphasis] are my King, O God.” From Him, the God, the Angel Who redeemed Jacob from all evil ( ), they expect the complete deliverance of Jacob from Jacob’s distress. Therefore, they ask Him to “command victories for Jacob”. He will certainly do that in His time. Then, to their amazement, they will see that God, their King, is none other than the Messiah, the Lord Jesus. Earlier they spoke of God using His right hand and His arm to deliver them. Now they speak of themselves that they in God’s power push back their adversaries ( ; cf. ). It is both true. Those who rise up against them to do them harm, they shall trample down in His Name (cf. ; ). God will give His people the strength to defeat their adversaries (cf. ). They do not rely on their bow to take out the enemy at a distance, nor do they rely on their sword to deliver themselves from the enemy nearby ( ). They realize that there is no strength in them. There is no reliance on their own strength, but on God ( ). In faith they count on Him to deliver them from their adversaries. He causes their haters to be put to shame by making all their cunning plans fail completely. Christ will totally break the works of the devil and deliver His people. When the gaze is thus fixed on God, the result is that the believing remnant boasts in Him “all day long” ( ). This boasting will culminate in the giving thanks to His Name “forever”. The praise of His Name will continue endlessly.

‏ Psalms 44:6

Boasting in God

Although the psalm is a collective lamentation, we find several times that the psalmist nevertheless speaks in the singular (Psa 44:4 ; 6 ; 15). They acknowledge no other King but God (Psa 44:4; cf. Psa 5:2). By contemplating the deeds of God in the past, the faith of the remnant has been strengthened. As a result, they now dare to declare individually that not the antichrist, but the LORD God is their King: “You [with emphasis] are my King, O God.”

From Him, the God, the Angel Who redeemed Jacob from all evil (Gen 48:16), they expect the complete deliverance of Jacob from Jacob’s distress. Therefore, they ask Him to “command victories for Jacob”. He will certainly do that in His time. Then, to their amazement, they will see that God, their King, is none other than the Messiah, the Lord Jesus.

Earlier they spoke of God using His right hand and His arm to deliver them. Now they speak of themselves that they in God’s power push back their adversaries (Psa 44:5; cf. Deu 33:17). It is both true. Those who rise up against them to do them harm, they shall trample down in His Name (cf. Rom 16:20; Mal 4:3). God will give His people the strength to defeat their adversaries (cf. Zec 12:5-6). They do not rely on their bow to take out the enemy at a distance, nor do they rely on their sword to deliver themselves from the enemy nearby (Psa 44:6). They realize that there is no strength in them.

There is no reliance on their own strength, but on God (Psa 44:7). In faith they count on Him to deliver them from their adversaries. He causes their haters to be put to shame by making all their cunning plans fail completely. Christ will totally break the works of the devil and deliver His people.

When the gaze is thus fixed on God, the result is that the believing remnant boasts in Him “all day long” (Psa 44:8). This boasting will culminate in the giving thanks to His Name “forever”. The praise of His Name will continue endlessly.