Psalms 44:6

“The sun shall not smite thee by day, etc.] With its rays, which it shoots forth like darts, and which fly swiftly, and pierce and hurt: hence Apollo, the same with the sun, is represented with a bow and arrowsf1738; so the rays of the sun seem to be called in (<350211>Habakkuk 2:11); nor the moon by night; this clause should be supplied, as a learned manf1739 observes, thus, “neither shall the moon cool thee by night”; for that has no warmth in it, and cannot smite with heat, as the sun does: for even, as he observes, its rays focused by a magnifying glass will not communicate the least degree of sensible heat to bodies objected thereunto; yet some sayf1740 the moon is not only moist, but…”

“God is not only our sole help, but only worthy of praise.”

“For I will not trust in my bow - The author of the psalm himself again speaks as expressing his own feelings, and stating the grounds of his confidence and hope. Compare Psalms 44:4. At the same time he doubtless expresses the feelings of the people, and speaks in their name. He had said Psalms 44:3 that the ancestors of the Jewish people had not obtained possession of the promised land by any strength or skill of their own, and he now says that he, and those who were connected with him, did not depend on their own strength, or on the weapons of war which they might employ, but that their only ground of trust was God. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Psa 20:7, Psa 33:16, Psa 33:17; Hos 1:7 Psalms 44:7”