Psalm 44

Welcome to episode 192 of Grasp the Bible.  In this episode, we walk through Psalm 44.  Today, we will explore the psalmist’s reaction to a national tragedy: 

• God’s Deeds in Time Past (vv. 1-8) 
• The Present Distress (vv. 9-16) 
• A Faithful and Loyal People (vv. 17-22) 
• A Plea for Help (vv. 23-26) 

Key takeaways: 

• There is no mistaking Psalm 44 as a national lament. It surely is the response of a greatly troubled soul to an overwhelming national tragedy. 
• If king and people had been faithful to the covenant stipulations, then why was God not faithful to His covenant commitment to provide defense and deliverance? The root problem, in other words, is precisely the problem of the Book of Job, namely the problem of God.  The people have been loyal to God, and yet they suffer! 
• It was the essence of the Hebrew faith that the past could always be appropriated for the present. 
• The reason for and the purpose of suffering for the people of God find no resolution in this psalm. 
• Every child of God has likely been perplexed at times by the fact that the people of God may be called upon to undergo suffering for which there is no apparent explanation.   

Quotable: 

• Faith makes suffering bearable. 

Application: 

• Psalm 44, with its concluding prayer, points in the same direction as the Book of Job, namely that there is an immense mystery in God and His ways, but one must continue to trust and to pray. 
• Create a record of God’s faithfulness to you through good times and bad times and share it with others, especially your children. 
• What do we do when we have been walking faithfully with God, and yet He still allows bad things to happen to us? 
• Sometimes we suffer BECAUSE we follow Jesus, not in spite of it. At those times, it would be easier just to go along with the world. 
• Since the experience of Jesus on Calvary, we know that suffering, far from being a negation of God’s love, may be the deepest expression thereof.  Jesus suffered immensely for us...so much so that it almost beyond comprehension. 

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