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The Feeling of Unending Shame
The psalmist describes a shame that is constant ('all the day long') and physically manifest ('the shame of my face hath covered me'). Commentators like Calvin and Barnes explain this isn't a fleeting feeling but a continuous, public humiliation that is always present, leaving no room for escape or relief.
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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 44:15
18th Century
Theologian
My confusion is continually before me - My shame; the conviction and the evidence of my disgrace are constantly present with me. Li…
Charles Ellicott
On Psalms 44:15
19th Century
Bishop
The shame. —Better take the face as a second object—shame has covered me regarding my face, that is, covered my face.…
John Calvin
On Psalms 44:15
16th Century
Theologian
My reproach is daily before me. The Hebrew words כלהיום, col-hayom, mean 'all the day' and denote long continuance. These words c…
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John Gill
On Psalms 44:15
17th Century
Pastor
My confusion [is] continually before me Meaning that which is the occasion of it; and the shame of my face ha…
Matthew Henry
On Psalms 44:9–16
17th Century
Minister
The believer must have times of temptation, affliction, and discouragement; the church must have seasons of persecution. At such times the people o…