Psalm 44:2

Verse 2.

The two clauses of this verse stand in regular contrast. The first has the figure of rooting out one kind of tree, and planting another, as the Canaanites were rooted out of Palestine, and Israel was planted in their stead. (Compare Psalms 80:8 ). The second figure is that of cutting off bad branches, and engrafting others in their place, in the same root, which is Palestine again. Benjamin Weiss.

HINTS FOR PASTORS AND LAYPERSONS

Verse 2. The contrast; or, the dealings of God with saints and sinners.