Psalms 44:8
in Psalms 44In God we have boasted all day long, and Your name we will praise forever. Selah
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ASV
In God have we made our boast all the day long, And we will give thanks unto thy name for ever. [Selah
KJV
In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah.
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This verse in Psalms 44
Commentary
12 notes on this verseIn God we boast all the day long,.... Or, as the Targum, "in the word of the Lord", in Christ, who is God over all, and who of God is made to his church and people wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption; so that there is always matter of glorying and boasting in him; and praise thy name for ever and ever; in this world, as long as life continues; and in the other world to all eternity; both for the works of providence and of grace; for deliverances commanded, and for salvation from all enemies wrought out.
This site's exposition
You are my King, O God
on Psalms 44:4-8
You are my King, O God names the one who ordains victories for Jacob. The weapons are refused: I do not trust in my bow. Henry notes the boast in God stands before the complaint that follows.
This site's exposition
In God we have boasted
Albert Barnes notes the Hebrew for boasted leans toward praise. Adam Clarke heard a risk in the boast: Israel had told the nations of its God, and without deliverance they would credit their own gods. Verse 9 then turns at once to complaint.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers3 voices
The rich glory in their wealth; the luxurious in their dinner parties; the impure glory in night and darkness; the powerful glory in this life that has nights. But the just does not glory in this life but in the Lord God whom he strives to please in all that he does.
"In God will we boast all the day long" [Psalm 44:8]. Observe how he intermingles words expressive of a future time, that you may perceive that what was spoken of before as in past time was foretold of future times. "In God will we boast all day long; and in Thy name will we confess for ever." What is, "We shall boast"? What, "We shall confess"? That Thou hast "saved us from our enemies;" that Thou art to give us an everlasting kingdom: that in us are to be fulfilled the words, "Blessed are they that dwell in Thine house: they will be always praising Thee."
Blessed is the one engaged in praise the whole day, namely, through his life, which lacks the uproar of emotions and is filled with an understanding of God.
The Medieval Church1 voice
"In God." Here thanksgiving is set forth. And first he sets forth the praise by which they themselves shall be praised. Second he sets forth the praise by which they themselves shall praise. For in the first they shall both praise and be praised; therefore …
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Let him that glories glory in the Lord, and let that for ever exclude all other boasting. Let those that trust in God make their boast in him, for they know whom they have trusted; let them boast in him all the day long, for it is a subject that can never be exhausted.
4 more voices on this verse
The Nineteenth Century4 voices
In God we boast all the day long. We have abundant reason for doing so while we recount his mighty acts. What blessed boasting is this! it is the only sort of boasting that is bearable. All other manna bred worms and stank except that which was laid up before the Lord, and all other boasting is loathsome save this glorying in the Lord, which is laudable and pleasing. And praise thy name for ever. Praise should be perpetual.
In God we boast all the day long. We have abundant reason for doing so while we recount his mighty acts. What blessed boasting is this! it is the only sort of boasting that is bearable. All other manna bred worms and stank except that which was laid up before the Lord, and all other boasting is loathsome save this glorying in the Lord, which is laudable and pleasing. And praise thy name for ever. Praise should be perpetual. If there were no new acts of love, yet ought the Lord to be praised for what he has done for his people. High let the song be lifted up as we bring to remembrance the eternal love which chose us, predestinated us to be sons, redeemed us with a price, and then enriched us with all the fulness of God. Selah. A pause comes in fitly here, when we are about to descend from the highest to the lowest key. No longer are we to hear Miriam's timbrel, but rather Rachel's weeping.
In God we boast - We have told the heathen how great and powerful our God is. If thou do not deliver us by thy mighty power, they will not believe our report, but consider that we are held in bondage by the superior strength of their gods.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
In God we boast all the day long - That is, continually or constantly. It is not a momentary or temporary expression of our feelings, but it is our habitual and constant employment. We have no other ground of reliance, and we express that reliance constantly. The word rendered “boast” here rather more literally means praise: “In God we praise all the day long.” The idea is, that he was their only ground of confidence. They ascribed all their former successes to him; they had no other reliance now. And praise thy name for ever - We do it now; we shall never cease to do it. Selah - On the meaning of this word, see the notes at Psa 3:2.
The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בֵּֽ֭אלֹהִים | belohim | in God | H430 → | 2601 times |
| הִלַּלְ֣נוּ | hilalnu | we have boasted | H1984 → | 165 times |
| כָל־ | khol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַיּ֑וֹם | haiyom | the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| וְשִׁמְךָ֓׀ | veshimkha | and name your | H8034 → | 864 times |
| לְעוֹלָ֖ם | leolam | for ever | H5769 → | 438 times |
| נוֹדֶ֣ה | nodeh | we will praise | H3034 → | 114 times |
| סֶֽלָה׃ | selah | Selah | H5542 → | 74 times |
בֵּֽ֭אלֹהִיםin God
belohimH430 →2601 times
הִלַּלְ֣נוּwe have boasted
hilalnuH1984 →165 times
כָל־all
khol-H3605 →5413 times
הַיּ֑וֹםthe day
haiyomH3117 →2304 times
וְשִׁמְךָ֓׀and name your
veshimkhaH8034 →864 times
לְעוֹלָ֖םfor ever
leolamH5769 →438 times
נוֹדֶ֣הwe will praise
nodehH3034 →114 times
סֶֽלָה׃Selah
selahH5542 →74 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Jeremiah 9:24But let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD, who exercises loving devotion, justice and righteousness on the earth—for I delight in these things,”…
it leads to
- 2 Corinthians 10:17
Rather, “Let him who boasts boast in the Lord.”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Corinthians 1:31
Therefore, as it is written: “Let him who boasts boast in the Lord.”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Galatians 6:14
But as for me, may I never boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
- Micah 6:8
He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
- Micah 7:18
Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?
- 2 Corinthians 10:17
Through
Psalms 34:2My soul boasts in the LORD; let the oppressed hear and rejoice.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 9:24
But let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD, who exercises loving devotion, justice and righteousness on the earth—for I delight in these things,”…
- Psalms 119:74
May those who fear You see me and rejoice, for I have hoped in Your word.
- Jeremiah 9:24
Through
Romans 2:17Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and boast in God;
it leads to
- Romans 2:23
You who boast in the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law?
- Romans 2:23
Where this verse is studied
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About Psalms
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Book of Psalms; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Ambrose of Milan, COMMENTARY ON TWELVE PSALMS 44:23; Augustine of Hippo, ON THE PSALMS, Psalm 44; Charles Spurgeon, The Treasury of David, Vol. 2; Evagrius Ponticus, NOTES ON THE PSALMS 43[44].9; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Exposition on the Psalms of David.