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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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Elena PetrovaNote3mo ago
When God Seems to Forget
The community sang this together, remembering how God had acted for their ancestors. We've heard of the miracles with our own ears, they say, almost defensively. And then the tone shifts: but now you'...
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