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Imagery of Utter Ruin
Commentators explain that the phrases "place of jackals" (a more likely translation than "dragons") and "shadow of death" are powerful metaphors. They describe a state of utter desolation, ruin, and profound suffering. The psalmist feels abandoned in a wasteland fit only for wild beasts, enveloped in a darkness as deep as death itself, illustrating the extreme nature of the people's affliction.
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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 44:19
18th Century
Theologian
Though you have sore broken us in the place of dragons—Or rather, “That you have crushed us in the place of dragons.” The …
Charles Ellicott
On Psalms 44:19
19th Century
Bishop
In the place of dragons. —This expression evidently means a wild desert place, from comparison with Jeremiah 9:11,[Refere…
John Calvin
On Psalms 44:19
16th Century
Theologian
Although thou hast broken us in the place of dragons. In the Hebrew it is, For thou hast broken us, etc.; but the causal particle…
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John Gill
On Psalms 44:19
17th Century
Pastor
Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons
Where men, comparable to dragons or their poison and cruelty…
Matthew Henry
On Psalms 44:17–26
17th Century
Minister
In afflictions, we must not seek relief by any sinful compliance, but should continually meditate on the truth, purity, and knowledge of our heart-…