Psalms 44:1 meaning and explanation

For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us the work You did in their days, in the days of old.

Psalms 44:1, Berean Standard Bible

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The opening line of Psalm 44 sets the scene before a word of complaint is spoken. The sons of Korah were a Levitical guild of temple singers, and this Maskil, a term for a teaching or contemplative song, was given to the choirmaster for corporate worship.

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