The psalmist recalled God's past faithfulness to Israel's forefathers and affirmed the nation's present confidence in the Lord.
44:1-3 Speaking for the nation the psalmist related the account of God's giving the Promised Land to His people in Joshua's days that the forefathers had told. He stressed that God had given Canaan to them by defeating their enemies. The Israelites did not win it by their own strength.
44:4-8 Israel needed God's help again in her present conflicts with enemy nations. The writer led the nation in looking to Yahweh as her King and military commander (cf. Josh. 5:13-15). He not only affirmed his confidence in God but also renounced reliance on military armaments. He intended his statement that the nation had boasted in the Lord and would thank Him forever (v. 8) to move God to save His people again.
