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Psalms 44:1 — King James Version← Study notes

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.


Psalms 44:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 44:14 words
HebrewMeaning
לַ/מְנַצֵּ֬חַlamənaṣēḥa
to the choirmasterpronH5329
chief musician · oversee · set forward
לִ/בְנֵיlibənēy
of the sons ofpronH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
קֹ֬רַחqōraḥ
KorahnounH7141
מַשְׂכִּֽילmaśəkiyl
a poemnounH4905
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 44:1

1. This Psalm is addressed “to the sons of Korah,” as its title shows. Now Korah is equivalent to the word baldness; and we find in the Gospel that our Lord Jesus Christ was crucified in “the place of a skull.” It is clear then that this Psalm is sung to the “sons of His 'Passion.'” Now we have on this point a most certain and most evident testimony from the Apostle Paul; because that at the time when the Church was suffering under the persecutions of the Gentiles, he quoted…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 44 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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