John Trapp on Psalms 44:3

Verſ. 3. For they got not the Land in poſſeſſion by their own ſword, &c.] Men are apt to arrogate to themſelves, and ſay as Luther hath it,Herod. lib. Hoc ego feci. Seſoſtris King of Egypt, when he had conquered any Country, was wont to ſet up pillars, and thereupon to engrave theſe words, This Land I got in poſſeſſion by mine own power. He was afterwards ſlain by his own ſervants.

But thy right hand] Quiaper eam praelia & opera facta ſunt, faith Kimchi. God is the great Doer in all atchievements.

And the light of thy countenance] i. e. Illuſtris praeſentia tua qua praeiviſti & praeluxiſtie[illegible: 1 letter]s, thy gracious preſence and conduct.Junius.

Becauſe thou hadſt a favour unto them] Free grace was the fundamentall cauſe of all their felicity. God loved them becauſe he loved them, Deut. 7.7. He choſe them of his love, and then loved them for his choice.