the Week of Proper 8 / Ordinary 13
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Psalms 44:2
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In order to plant them,you displaced the nations by your hand;in order to settle them,you brought disaster on the peoples.
You drove out the nations with your hand, But you planted them. You afflicted the peoples, But you spread them abroad.
How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.
you with your own hand drove out the nations, but them you planted; you afflicted the peoples, but them you set free;
With your power you forced the nations out of the land and placed our ancestors here. You destroyed those other nations, but you made our ancestors grow strong.
You, by your power, defeated nations and settled our fathers on their land; you crushed the people living there and enabled our ancestors to occupy it.
You drove out the [pagan] nations with Your own hand; Then you planted and established them (Israel); [It was by Your power that] You uprooted the [pagan] peoples, Then You spread them abroad.
You with Your own hand drove out the nations; Then You planted them; You afflicted the peoples, Then You let them go free.
You drove out the nations with your hand, But you planted them. You afflicted the peoples, But you spread them abroad.
Howe thou hast driuen out the heathen with thine hand, & planted them: how thou hast destroyed the people, & caused them to grow.
You with Your own hand dispossessed the nations;Then You planted them;You afflicted the peoples,Then You cast them out.
With Your hand You drove out the nations and planted our fathers there; You crushed the peoples and cast them out.
You chased off the nations by causing them trouble with your powerful arm. Then you let our ancestors take over their land.
God, we heard it with our ears; our fathers told us about it — a deed which you did in their days, back in days of old.
Thou, by thy hand, didst dispossess the nations, but them thou didst plant; thou didst afflict the peoples, but them didst thou cause to spread out.
With your great power you took this land from other people, and you gave it to us. You crushed those foreigners and forced them to leave this land.
How thou didst destroy the Gentiles with thy hand, and established thy people; how thou didst vex the kingdoms, and strengthened thy people.
how you yourself drove out the heathen and established your people in their land; how you punished the other nations and caused your own to prosper.
You with your hand drove out the nations, but them you planted. You harmed the peoples, but them you let spread out.
You drove out nations with Your hand and planted them. You brought evil on peoples and sent them out.
How thou hast dryue out the Heithen wt thy honde, & plated the in: how thou hast destroyed the nacions & cast the out.
Thou didst drive out the nations with thy hand; But them thou didst plant: Thou didst afflict the peoples; But them thou didst spread abroad.
Uprooting the nations with your hand, and planting our fathers in their place; cutting down the nations, but increasing the growth of your people.
O God, we have heard with our ears, our fathers have told us;
How thou didst driue out the heathen with thy hand, & plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.
Howe thou hast driuen out the heathen with thy hande and planted them in: howe thou hast destroyed the nations & placed them.
Thine hand utterly destroyed the heathen, and thou didst plant them: thou didst afflict the nations, and cast them out.
Thou didst drive out the nations with thy hand, and plantedst them in; thou didst afflict the peoples, and didst spread them abroad.
God, we herden with oure eeris; oure fadris telden to vs. The werk, which thou wrouytist in the daies of hem; and in elde daies.
You drove out the nations with your hand; But you planted them: You afflicted the peoples; But you spread them abroad.
[How] thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and didst plant them; [how] thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.
You drove out the nations with Your hand, But them You planted; You afflicted the peoples, and cast them out.
With Your own hand You made the nations leave, and put our fathers in the land. You brought trouble upon the nations, and You spread them out.
you with your own hand drove out the nations, but them you planted; you afflicted the peoples, but them you set free;
Thou thyself, with thine own hand - Didst dispossess, nations, and didst plant them, Didst break peoples in pieces, and didst spread them out:
(43-3) Thy hand destroyed the Gentiles, and thou plantedst them: thou didst afflict the people and cast them out.
thou with thy own hand didst drive out the nations, but them thou didst plant; thou didst afflict the peoples, but them thou didst set free;
Thou, [with] Thy hand, nations hast dispossessed. And Thou dost plant them. Thou afflictest peoples, and sendest them away.
You with Your own hand drove out the nations; Then You planted them; You afflicted the peoples, Then You spread them abroad.
Contextual Overview
For the choir director: A psalm of the descendants of Korah.
O God, we have heard it with our own ears— our ancestors have told us of all you did in their day, in days long ago: 2 You drove out the pagan nations by your power and gave all the land to our ancestors. You crushed their enemies and set our ancestors free. 3 They did not conquer the land with their swords; it was not their own strong arm that gave them victory. It was your right hand and strong arm and the blinding light from your face that helped them, for you loved them. 4 You are my King and my God. You command victories for Israel. 5 Only by your power can we push back our enemies; only in your name can we trample our foes. 6 I do not trust in my bow; I do not count on my sword to save me. 7 You are the one who gives us victory over our enemies; you disgrace those who hate us. 8 O God, we give glory to you all day long and constantly praise your name. InterludeBible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
drive out: Psalms 78:55, Psalms 80:8, Psalms 105:44, Psalms 135:10-12, Psalms 136:17-22, Exodus 15:17, Exodus 15:19, Exodus 34:11, Deuteronomy 7:1, Joshua 10:42, Joshua 11:23, Joshua 21:43, Nehemiah 9:22-27
how thou didst afflict: etc. Or, rather, "how thou didst afflict the peoples (of Canaan), and madest them (the Hebrews) to shoot forth;" for shalach is to send forth in any manner, and is applied to a vine spreading its roots, etc. Psalms 89:9, Ezekiel 17:6, Jeremiah 17:8, and this sense is parallel with plantedst in the former line. Exodus 23:28, Numbers 13:32, Joshua 10:11, Joshua 24:12, 1 Samuel 5:6, 1 Samuel 5:7
Reciprocal: Numbers 14:42 - General Deuteronomy 4:38 - drive Deuteronomy 31:3 - thy God Joshua 3:10 - drive out from Joshua 23:3 - And ye Judges 6:9 - drave them Judges 11:24 - whomsoever 1 Samuel 30:23 - who hath 2 Samuel 23:12 - the Lord 1 Chronicles 17:9 - plant 1 Chronicles 17:21 - by driving 2 Chronicles 20:7 - drive out Nehemiah 9:24 - thou subduedst Psalms 10:16 - heathen Psalms 48:8 - As we Psalms 94:10 - chastiseth Psalms 111:6 - that he Psalms 136:21 - General Psalms 145:4 - generation Jeremiah 2:21 - Yet I Jeremiah 11:17 - that Jeremiah 32:23 - possessed Jeremiah 46:15 - the Lord Acts 7:45 - whom Hebrews 11:33 - through
Cross-References
But you must bring your youngest brother back to me. This will prove that you are telling the truth, and you will not die." To this they agreed.
The waiters served Joseph at his own table, and his brothers were served at a separate table. The Egyptians who ate with Joseph sat at their own table, because Egyptians despise Hebrews and refuse to eat with them.
"What have you done?" Joseph demanded. "Don't you know that a man like me can predict the future?"
Judah answered, "Oh, my lord, what can we say to you? How can we explain this? How can we prove our innocence? God is punishing us for our sins. My lord, we have all returned to be your slaves—all of us, not just our brother who had your cup in his sack."
Remember how the Lord your God led you through the wilderness for these forty years, humbling you and testing you to prove your character, and to find out whether or not you would obey his commands.
He fed you with manna in the wilderness, a food unknown to your ancestors. He did this to humble you and test you for your own good.
do not listen to them. The Lord your God is testing you to see if you truly love him with all your heart and soul.
"Look, I am sending you out as sheep among wolves. So be as shrewd as snakes and harmless as doves.
I am not commanding you to do this. But I am testing how genuine your love is by comparing it with the eagerness of the other churches.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
[How] thou didst drive out the Heathen with thy hand,.... Of power; that is, the Canaanites, as the Targum; the seven nations which inhabited the land of Canaan before the children of Israel came into it, Deuteronomy 7:1;
and plantedst them: not the Canaanites elsewhere; but, as the same Targum explains it the house of Israel in their land; which, like a vine, was removed from one place, and planted in another; and the settlement of the children of Israel in the land of Canaan is frequently expressed by this metaphor, Exodus 15:17 Jeremiah 2:21;
[how] thou didst afflict the people; the Egyptians, according to Arama; rather the Canaanitish nations by wars and desolating judgments;
and cast them out; that is, the same nations out of their land; though some render this clause, "and didst send them out"; the captive Israelites, as Arama; or "didst propagate them" q; meaning the people of Israel; who being like a vine planted in the and, sent out its boughs and branches, and became very flourishing and fruitful; see
Psalms 80:9; and so the Syriac version renders it, "and thou confirmedst them"; but the former sense seems best, agreeably to which is the Targum, "thou hast broken the nations, and hast consumed them"; and that all this was the Lord's work appears by what follows.
q ותשלחם "has autem germinare fecisti", Tigurine version; "propagasti ipsos", Piscator; so Ainsworth; but rejected by Gussetius, Ebr. Comment. p. 859.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand - The word rendered “heathen” means simply nations without necessarily conveying the idea of paganism, as that word is now understood. It means the nations, to wit, of the land of Canaan, or the Canaanites; and as these nations were in fact idolaters, or strangers to the true religion, the word came in time to have that idea attached to it. It is in that sense that we use the term now, though the word nations would accurately express the meaning of the original. The word rendered “drive out” - ירשׁ yârash - means properly to take, seize, or take possession of; and then, in the form here used (Hiphil), it means to cause to possess; to give possession of; and then, to take possession of, to drive out of a possession, to dispossess, to disinherit. The meaning here is, he dispossessed them of their country; he disinherited them. This, the psalmist says, God had done “by his hand;” that is, it was by his own power.
And plantedst them - That is, planted his people - the children of Israel. He put them in the place of those whom he had disinherited or dispossessed. The word is properly applicable to a tree, but it is also used with reference to a nation, and means that he assigned them a fixed and permanent residence. Thus we say in English, “to plant a colony.” Compare Amos 9:15; Jeremiah 24:6; Jeremiah 32:41; Psa 80:8; 2 Samuel 7:10.
How thou didst afflict the people - That is, the people of the land of Canaan; the nations that dwelt there. The word means to bring evil or calamity upon anyone.
And cast them out - The word used here may be taken in the sense of sending out or expelling, as in Genesis 3:23; 1 Kings 9:7 - and then it would be applicable to the Canaanites, as meaning that God had expelled or driven them out - as it is understood by our translators; or it may be used to denote the sending out of shoots or branches by a tree or vine, as in Psalms 80:11; Jeremiah 17:8; Ezekiel 17:6-7 - and then it would refer here to the Israelites, and would mean that God caused them to increase; multiplied them; spread them over the land, as a vine spreads, Psalms 80:8-11. The parallelism here clearly demands the latter interpretation. So it is understood by Luther, DeWette, Tholuck, and Prof. Alexander.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 44:2. Thou didst drove out the heathen — The Canaanites were as a bad tree planted in a good soil, and bringing forth bad fruit with great luxuriance. God plucked up this bad tree from the roots, and in its place planted the Hebrews as a good tree, a good vine, and caused them to take root, and fill the land.
