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Title. For the sons of Korah. The second of eleven so ascribed. See note on Title, Psalm 42, App-63. Maschil = Instruction. The third of thirteen Psalms so named. See note on Psalm 32, Title, and App-65. See note on Psalm 42, 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 (Psa_44:17-18). The Psalm suits Hezekiah only. Sennacherib and Rab-shakeh referred to in Psa_44:16. See the cylinder of Sennacherib (App-67.)
God. Hebrew Elohim. App-4.
told us = rehearsed. Compare Exo_12:26; Exo_13:14; Jos_4:6-7.