John Trapp on Psalms 44:1

PSAL. XLIV.

MAſchil] i.e. Making wiſe, or giving inſtruction; for which purpoſe this Pſalm was compoſed by David (as it is moſt probable) or ſome other excellent Prophet, for the uſe of the Church, which is hares crucis, the heir of the Croſſe, as Luther ſpeaketh; and is here inſtructed how to carry her ſelf under it, and to get benefit by it.

Verſ. 1. We have heard with our ears] i.e. We have both heard and heeded it, with utmoſt attention and affection. It is not a Pleonaſmus; but an Emphaſis that is here uſed.

Our Fathers have told us] According to that they were commanded, Deut. 6. and elſewhere, to whet good things upon their young Children, and to propagate the memory of Gods noble acts to all poſterity, Exod. 12.26. & 13.14. Joſh. 4.6,In Ioe. 7. See Pſal. 78.4, 6. Hear this ſaith Baſil, and bluſh yee Fathers, that neglect to teach your Children. They made their mouths as it were Books, wherein the noble acts of the Lord might be read to his praiſe, and to the drawing of their Childrens hearts unto him.

What work thou didſt] All which they faithfully related, and carefully recorded for the uſe of after-ages, Pſal. 102.18. This ſhall bee written for the generation to come; and the people that ſhall be created, ſhall praiſe the Lord.