Verse 1
Title. For the sons of Korah. The second of eleven so ascribed. See note on Title, Psalms 42:0 , App-63 . Maschil = Instruction. The third of thirteen Psalms so named. See note on Psalms 32:0 , Title, and App-65 . See note on Psalms 42:0 , Title.
We have heard. Refers to the exodus. No time in reigns of David or Solomon to suit this Psalm. Temple-worship carried on. People in the land. Israel gone astray. Judah had turned away, but had returned (Psalms 44:17-18 ). The Psalm suits Hezekiah only. Sennacherib and Rab-shakeh referred to in Psalms 44:16 . See the cylinder of Sennacherib ( App-67 .)
God. Hebrew Elohim. App-4 .
told us = rehearsed. Compare Exodus 12:26 ; Exodus 13:14 ; Joshua 4:6-7 .
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