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A Personal Declaration of Faith
Commentators note the psalmist's shift to a personal declaration: "You are my King." This isn't just a historical fact but a present-tense statement of allegiance and trust. Scholars like Albert Barnes and John Calvin explain this affirms that the same God who saved their ancestors is their King today, a continuous and unchanging source of help.
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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 44:4
18th Century
Theologian
You are my King, O God - literally, “You are He, my King, O God”; that is, You are the same: the same King, and the same God, who intervened…
Charles Ellicott
On Psalms 44:4
19th Century
Bishop
You are my King. —Literally, You, He, my king, an idiomatic way of making a strong assertion, You, even you, are my k…
Charles Spurgeon
On Psalm 44:4–6
19th Century
Preacher
See how the lesson from ancient history was applied in the psalmist's own experience: As our forefathers were delivered, not by their own bow o…
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John Calvin
On Psalms 44:4
16th Century
Theologian
Thou, even thou, art my King, O God! In this verse the faithful express still more plainly what I have already alluded to a little earlier…
John Gill
On Psalms 44:4
17th Century
Pastor
You are my King, O God. Besides the favours God had done for his people in time past, the church takes notice of her inte…
Matthew Henry
On Psalms 44:1–8
17th Century
Minister
Former experiences of God's power and goodness are strong supports to faith and powerful pleas in prayer under present calamities. The many victori…