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You crushed their enemies and set our ancestors free.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/44.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />you with your own hand drove out the nations, but them you planted; you afflicted the peoples, but them you set free;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/44.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />With Your hand You drove out the nations and planted our fathers there; You crushed the peoples and cast them out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/44.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br /><i>How</i> thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; <i>how</i> thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/44.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />You drove out the nations with Your hand, But them You planted; You afflicted the peoples, and cast them out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/44.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />You with Your own hand drove out the nations; Then You planted them; You afflicted the peoples, Then You let them go free.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/44.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />You with Your own hand drove out the nations; Then You planted them; You afflicted the peoples, Then You spread them abroad.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/44.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Thou with Thine own hand didst drive out the nations; Then Thou didst plant them; Thou didst afflict the peoples, Then Thou didst spread them abroad.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/44.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />You with Your own hand dispossessed the nations; Then You planted them; You afflicted the peoples, Then You cast them out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/44.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />You drove out the [pagan] nations with Your own hand; Then you planted <i>and</i> established them (Israel); [It was by Your power that] You uprooted the [pagan] peoples, Then You spread them abroad.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/44.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />In order to plant them, you displaced the nations by your hand; in order to settle them, you brought disaster on the peoples.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/44.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />to plant them, You drove out the nations with Your hand; to settle them, You crushed the peoples. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/44.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/44.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />You chased off the nations by causing them trouble with your powerful arm. Then you let our ancestors take over their land. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/44.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Thou didst drive out the nations with thy hand, and plantedst them in; thou didst afflict the peoples, and didst spread them abroad.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/44.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />By your power you forced nations [out of the land], but you planted our ancestors [there]. You shattered many groups of people, but you set our ancestors free. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/44.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/44.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />With your hand you expelled the nations and established our ancestors. You afflicted nations and cast them out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/44.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />With Your hand You drove out the nations and planted our fathers there; You crushed the peoples and cast them out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/44.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/44.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />You drove out the nations with your hand, but you planted them. You afflicted the peoples, but you spread them abroad.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/44.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and didst plant them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/44.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />You drove out the nations with your hand, but you planted them. You afflicted the peoples, but you spread them abroad. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/44.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />You, [with] Your hand, have dispossessed nations. And You plant them. You afflict peoples, and send them away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/44.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Thou, with Thy hand, nations hast dispossessed. And Thou dost plant them. Thou afflictest peoples, and sendest them away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/44.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Thou didst with thy hand drive out the nations and thou wilt plant them; thou wilt pluck in pieces the people, and thou wilt send them forth.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/44.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Thy hand destroyed the Gentiles, and thou plantedst them : thou didst afflict the people and cast them out. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/44.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 43:2>We have heard, O God, with our own ears. Our fathers have announced to us the work that you wrought in their days and in the days of antiquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/44.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />You rooted out nations to plant them, crushed peoples and expelled them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/44.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />you with your own hand drove out the nations, but them you planted; you afflicted the peoples, but them you set free;<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/44.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />How thou didst destroy the Gentiles with thy hand, and established thy people; how thou didst vex the kingdoms, and strengthened thy people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/44.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Your hand destroyed Gentiles, and you planted them, and you afflicted kingdoms, and you established them<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/44.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Thou with Thy hand didst drive out the nations, and didst plant them in; Thou didst break the peoples, and didst spread them abroad.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/44.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Thine hand utterly destroyed the heathen, and thou didst plant them: thou didst afflict the nations, and cast them out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/44-2.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=5139" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/44.htm">Redeem Us</a></span><br><span class="reftext">1</span>For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us the work You did in their days, in the days of old. <span class="reftext">2</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: yā·ḏə·ḵā (N-fsc:: 2ms) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">With Your hand</a> <a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: ’at·tāh (Pro-2ms) -- You (masc. sing.). ">You</a> <a href="/hebrew/3423.htm" title="3423: hō·w·raš·tā (V-Hifil-Perf-2ms) -- Or yaresh; a primitive root; to occupy; by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin.">drove out</a> <a href="/hebrew/1471.htm" title="1471: gō·w·yim (N-mp) -- Rarely goy; apparently from the same root as gevah; a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts.">the nations</a> <a href="/hebrew/5193.htm" title="5193: wat·tiṭ·ṭā·‘êm (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-2ms:: 3mp) -- To plant. A primitive root; properly, to strike in, i.e. Fix; specifically, to plant.">and planted our fathers there;</a> <a href="/hebrew/7489.htm" title="7489: tā·ra‘ (V-Hifil-Imperf-2ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to spoil; figuratively, to make good for nothing, i.e. Bad.">You crushed</a> <a href="/hebrew/3816.htm" title="3816: lə·’um·mîm (N-mp) -- People. Or l owm; from an unused root meaning to gather; a community.">the peoples</a> <a href="/hebrew/7971.htm" title="7971: wat·tə·šal·lə·ḥêm (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConsecImperf-2ms:: 3mp) -- To send. A primitive root; to send away, for, or out.">and cast them out.</a> </span><span class="reftext">3</span>For it was not by their sword that they took the land; their arm did not bring them victory. It was by Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face, because You favored them.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/24-12.htm">Joshua 24:12</a></span><br />I sent the hornet ahead of you, and it drove out the two Amorite kings before you, but not by your own sword or bow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/23-28.htm">Exodus 23:28</a></span><br />I will send the hornet before you to drive the Hivites and Canaanites and Hittites out of your way.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/7-1.htm">Deuteronomy 7:1</a></span><br />When the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to possess, and He drives out before you many nations—the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, seven nations larger and stronger than you—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/9-4.htm">Deuteronomy 9:4-5</a></span><br />When the LORD your God has driven them out before you, do not say in your heart, “Because of my righteousness the LORD has brought me in to possess this land.” Rather, the LORD is driving out these nations before you because of their wickedness. / It is not because of your righteousness or uprightness of heart that you are going in to possess their land, but it is because of their wickedness that the LORD your God is driving out these nations before you, to keep the promise He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-45.htm">Acts 7:45</a></span><br />And our fathers who received it brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations God drove out before them. It remained until the time of David,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/9-24.htm">Nehemiah 9:24</a></span><br />So their descendants went in and possessed the land; You subdued before them the Canaanites dwelling in the land. You delivered into their hands the kings and peoples of the land, to do with them as they wished.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/3-10.htm">Joshua 3:10</a></span><br />He continued, “This is how you will know that the living God is among you and that He will surely drive out before you the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites, and Jebusites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/6-20.htm">Joshua 6:20</a></span><br />So when the rams’ horns sounded, the people shouted. When they heard the blast of the horn, the people gave a great shout, and the wall collapsed. Then all the people charged straight into the city and captured it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/1-4.htm">Judges 1:4</a></span><br />When Judah attacked, the LORD delivered the Canaanites and Perizzites into their hands, and they struck down ten thousand men at Bezek.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/5-10.htm">2 Samuel 5:10</a></span><br />And David became greater and greater, for the LORD God of Hosts was with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/11-9.htm">1 Chronicles 11:9</a></span><br />And David became greater and greater, for the LORD of Hosts was with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/78-55.htm">Psalm 78:55</a></span><br />He drove out nations before them and apportioned their inheritance; He settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/80-8.htm">Psalm 80:8</a></span><br />You uprooted a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and transplanted it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/135-10.htm">Psalm 135:10-12</a></span><br />He struck down many nations and slaughtered mighty kings: / Sihon king of the Amorites, Og king of Bashan, and all the kings of Canaan. / He gave their land as an inheritance, as a heritage to His people Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/136-17.htm">Psalm 136:17-22</a></span><br />He struck down great kings His loving devotion endures forever. / and slaughtered mighty kings—His loving devotion endures forever. / Sihon king of the Amorites His loving devotion endures forever. ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">How you did drive out the heathen with your hand, and planted them; how you did afflict the people, and cast them out.</p><p class="hdg">drive out</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/78-55.htm">Psalm 78:55</a></b></br> He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/80-8.htm">Psalm 80:8</a></b></br> Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/105-44.htm">Psalm 105:44</a></b></br> And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people;</p><p class="hdg">how thou didst afflict.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/89-9.htm">Psalm 89:9</a></b></br> Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/17-6.htm">Ezekiel 17:6</a></b></br> And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/17-8.htm">Jeremiah 17:8</a></b></br> For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and <i>that</i> spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/23-28.htm">Exodus 23:28</a></b></br> And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/13-32.htm">Numbers 13:32</a></b></br> And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, <i>is</i> a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it <i>are</i> men of a great stature.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/10-11.htm">Joshua 10:11</a></b></br> And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, <i>and</i> were in the going down to Bethhoron, that the LORD cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: <i>they were</i> more which died with hailstones than <i>they</i> whom the children of Israel slew with the sword.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/41-6.htm">Abroad</a> <a href="/job/37-23.htm">Afflict</a> <a href="/psalms/41-8.htm">Afflicted</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-35.htm">Afflictest</a> <a href="/psalms/28-5.htm">Break</a> <a href="/psalms/43-5.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/psalms/43-1.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/psalms/43-5.htm">Crushed</a> <a href="/job/1-20.htm">Cutting</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/33-2.htm">Dispossessed</a> <a href="/psalms/36-11.htm">Drive</a> <a href="/psalms/34-1.htm">Drove</a> <a href="/psalms/44-1.htm">Fathers</a> <a href="/job/15-32.htm">Flourish</a> <a href="/psalms/39-8.htm">Free</a> <a href="/job/15-33.htm">Growth</a> <a href="/psalms/41-2.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/psalms/33-10.htm">Heathen</a> <a href="/job/35-16.htm">Increasing</a> <a href="/psalms/33-10.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/psalms/33-10.htm">Peoples</a> <a href="/psalms/37-35.htm">Plant</a> <a href="/psalms/1-3.htm">Planted</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/6-11.htm">Plantedst</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/17-9.htm">Planting</a> <a href="/job/14-20.htm">Sendest</a> <a href="/psalms/5-11.htm">Spread</a> <a href="/jeremiah/42-10.htm">Uprooting</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/66-8.htm">Abroad</a> <a href="/psalms/55-19.htm">Afflict</a> <a href="/psalms/68-10.htm">Afflicted</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-35.htm">Afflictest</a> <a href="/psalms/46-5.htm">Break</a> <a href="/psalms/44-9.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/psalms/44-10.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/psalms/44-5.htm">Crushed</a> <a href="/psalms/74-5.htm">Cutting</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-1.htm">Dispossessed</a> <a href="/psalms/68-2.htm">Drive</a> <a href="/psalms/78-52.htm">Drove</a> <a href="/psalms/45-16.htm">Fathers</a> <a href="/psalms/72-7.htm">Flourish</a> <a href="/psalms/50-19.htm">Free</a> <a href="/psalms/58-9.htm">Growth</a> <a href="/psalms/44-3.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/psalms/44-11.htm">Heathen</a> <a href="/psalms/71-14.htm">Increasing</a> <a href="/psalms/44-11.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/psalms/44-14.htm">Peoples</a> <a href="/psalms/80-8.htm">Plant</a> <a href="/psalms/80-8.htm">Planted</a> <a href="/psalms/80-8.htm">Plantedst</a> <a href="/psalms/80-8.htm">Planting</a> <a href="/psalms/104-10.htm">Sendest</a> <a href="/psalms/44-20.htm">Spread</a> <a href="/psalms/52-5.htm">Uprooting</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 44</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/44-1.htm">The church, in memory of former favors</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/44-7.htm">complains of her present evils</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/44-17.htm">professing her integrity,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">24. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/44-24.htm">she fervently prays for helpfulness</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The "hand" of God is often used metaphorically in Scripture to denote His power and authority (<a href="/exodus/15-6.htm">Exodus 15:6</a>). The driving out of nations refers to the conquest of Canaan, where God enabled the Israelites to defeat the inhabitants of the land (<a href="/joshua/3-10.htm">Joshua 3:10</a>). This act fulfilled the promise made to Abraham regarding the land (<a href="/genesis/15-18.htm">Genesis 15:18-21</a>). Theologically, it underscores God's sovereignty and His role as a divine warrior on behalf of His people.<p><b>and planted our fathers there;</b><br>The imagery of planting suggests stability and growth, indicating that God not only removed the previous inhabitants but also established the Israelites in the land. This reflects the covenantal promise of a homeland for the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (<a href="/deuteronomy/1-8.htm">Deuteronomy 1:8</a>). The use of "fathers" connects the current generation to their ancestors, emphasizing continuity and the fulfillment of God's promises. This act of planting can also be seen as a type of Christ, who is the true vine, and believers are the branches (<a href="/john/15.htm">John 15:1-5</a>), symbolizing spiritual establishment and growth.<p><b>You crushed the peoples</b><br>The term "crushed" conveys a decisive and overwhelming victory, often associated with divine judgment. This reflects the historical accounts of battles where God intervened on behalf of Israel, such as the defeat of the Amorites (<a href="/joshua/10-10.htm">Joshua 10:10-11</a>). It also serves as a reminder of God's justice and His ability to humble nations. This concept is echoed in the prophetic literature, where God is depicted as the one who will ultimately judge and crush the rebellious nations (<a href="/isaiah/63-3.htm">Isaiah 63:3</a>).<p><b>and cast them out.</b><br>Casting out the peoples signifies the complete removal and dispossession of the original inhabitants of Canaan. This was necessary for the Israelites to take possession of the land promised to them. It also serves as a warning against idolatry and disobedience, as Israel was later warned that they too could be cast out if they turned away from God (<a href="/leviticus/18-28.htm">Leviticus 18:28</a>). This phrase can be seen as a foreshadowing of the final judgment, where those who reject God will be cast out from His presence (<a href="/matthew/25-30.htm">Matthew 25:30</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_nations.htm">The Nations</a></b><br>Refers to the various groups and tribes that occupied the Promised Land before the Israelites. These were driven out by God's intervention.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/o/our_fathers.htm">Our Fathers</a></b><br>The ancestors of the Israelites, specifically those who entered and settled in the Promised Land under God's guidance.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_promised_land.htm">The Promised Land</a></b><br>The land of Canaan, which God promised to Abraham and his descendants. It is the central location of this historical event.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/g/god's_hand.htm">God's Hand</a></b><br>A metaphor for God's power and intervention in history, emphasizing His active role in the deliverance and establishment of Israel.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_peoples.htm">The Peoples</a></b><br>The inhabitants of Canaan who were displaced by the Israelites as part of God's plan for His chosen people.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_history.htm">God's Sovereignty in History</a></b><br>Recognize that God is actively involved in the unfolding of history, guiding events according to His divine plan.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_in_god's_promises.htm">Faith in God's Promises</a></b><br>Trust in the promises of God, as He is faithful to fulfill them, just as He did for the Israelites.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_intervention.htm">Divine Intervention</a></b><br>Understand that victories and successes are often the result of God's intervention rather than human effort alone.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/heritage_and_legacy.htm">Heritage and Legacy</a></b><br>Reflect on the spiritual heritage passed down from our forefathers and the importance of maintaining faithfulness to God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_power_over_nations.htm">God's Power Over Nations</a></b><br>Acknowledge God's ultimate authority over all nations and peoples, and His ability to shape the course of history.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_44.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 44</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_would_god_reject_and_defeat_his_people.htm">(Psalm 44:9–10) Why would a supposedly omnipotent and loving God suddenly reject His people and allow them to be defeated in battle? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/where_is_psalm_110's_conquest_fulfilled.htm">Psalm 110 portrays a victorious king judging entire nations. Where is the documented historical fulfillment of such a worldwide conquest?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/can_history_verify_god_gave_israel_land.htm">(Psalm 44:1–3) How can we verify historically or archaeologically that God “drove out the nations” and gave Israel the land? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_god_guide_amid_global_injustice.htm">In Psalm 67:4, how can we reconcile the statement that God 'guides the nations on earth' with the widespread historical evidence of injustice and suffering?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/44.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(2) <span class= "bld">Thou . . . with thy hand.</span>--Literally, <span class= "ital">Thou, Thy hand, </span>which may be, as in the Authorised Version, taken as accusative of instrument, or as a repeated subject.<p><span class= "bld">And cast them out.</span>--This entirely misses the meaning and destroys the parallelism. The Hebrew word is that used for a treo spreading its branches out; comp. <a href="/jeremiah/17-8.htm" title="For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreads out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat comes, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.">Jeremiah 17:8</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/17-6.htm" title="And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.">Ezekiel 17:6</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/31-5.htm" title="Therefore his height was exalted above all the trees of the field, and his boughs were multiplied, and his branches became long because of the multitude of waters, when he shot forth.">Ezekiel 31:5</a>, and especially <a href="/psalms/80-11.htm" title="She sent out her boughs to the sea, and her branches to the river.">Psalm 80:11</a>, a passage which is simply an amplification of the figure in this verse, viz., of a vine or other exotic, planted in a soil cleared for its reception, and there caused to grow and flourish. The pronoun <span class= "ital">them </span>in each clause plainly refers to Israel.<p>Thou, with thine hand, didst dispossess the heathen,<p>And planted <span class= "ital">them </span>(Israel) in. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/44.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 2.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> "by thy power." The conquest of Canaan is the historical fact referred to. <span class="cmt_word">And</span> <span class="cmt_word">plantedst them</span> (comp. <a href="/exodus/15-17.htm">Exodus 15:17</a>, "Thou wilt bring them in, and <span class="accented">plant</span> them in the mountain of thine inheritance;" and see also <a href="/psalms/80-8.htm">Psalm 80:8</a>, "Thou hast brought <span class="accented">a vine</span> out of Egypt; thou hast cast out the heathen, and <span class="accented">planted</span> it"). <span class="cmt_word">How thou didst afflict the</span> <span class="cmt_word">people;</span> rather, <span class="accented">the peoples</span>, <span class="accented">i.e.</span> the Canaanitish nations. <span class="cmt_word">And cast them out</span>. So the LXX, the Vulgate, and even the Revised Version. But most moderns, understanding "them" of Israel, render, <span class="accented">but didst spread them out</span> (comp. <a href="/psalms/80-11.htm">Psalm 80:11</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/44-2.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">With Your hand</span><br /><span class="heb">יָדְךָ֡</span> <span class="translit">(yā·ḏə·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">You</span><br /><span class="heb">אַתָּ֤ה ׀</span> <span class="translit">(’at·tāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_859.htm">Strong's 859: </a> </span><span class="str2">Thou and thee, ye and you</span><br /><br /><span class="word">drove out</span><br /><span class="heb">ה֭וֹרַשְׁתָּ</span> <span class="translit">(hō·w·raš·tā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3423.htm">Strong's 3423: </a> </span><span class="str2">To occupy, to seize, to rob, to inherit, to expel, to impoverish, to ruin</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the nations</span><br /><span class="heb">גּוֹיִ֣ם</span> <span class="translit">(gō·w·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1471.htm">Strong's 1471: </a> </span><span class="str2">A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and planted [our fathers] there;</span><br /><span class="heb">וַתִּטָּעֵ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(wat·tiṭ·ṭā·‘êm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5193.htm">Strong's 5193: </a> </span><span class="str2">To strike in, fix, to plant</span><br /><br /><span class="word">You crushed</span><br /><span class="heb">תָּרַ֥ע</span> <span class="translit">(tā·ra‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7489.htm">Strong's 7489: </a> </span><span class="str2">To spoil, to make, good for, nothing, bad</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the peoples</span><br /><span class="heb">לְ֝אֻמִּ֗ים</span> <span class="translit">(lə·’um·mîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3816.htm">Strong's 3816: </a> </span><span class="str2">A community</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and cast them out.</span><br /><span class="heb">וַֽתְּשַׁלְּחֵֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(wat·tə·šal·lə·ḥêm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7971.htm">Strong's 7971: </a> </span><span class="str2">To send away, for, out</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/44-2.htm">Psalm 44:2 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/44-2.htm">Psalm 44:2 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/44-2.htm">Psalm 44:2 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/44-2.htm">Psalm 44:2 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/44-2.htm">Psalm 44:2 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/44-2.htm">Psalm 44:2 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/44-2.htm">Psalm 44:2 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/44-2.htm">Psalm 44:2 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/44-2.htm">Psalm 44:2 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/44-2.htm">Psalm 44:2 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/44-2.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 44:2 You drove out the nations with your (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/44-1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 44:1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 44:1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/44-3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 44:3"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 44:3" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>