The Psalms (WEB)

Psalm 44

For the Chief Musician. By the sons of Korah. A contemplative psalm.

 ^44:1We have heard with our ears, God;
      Our fathers have told us,
      What work you did in their days,
      In the days of old.

 ^44:2You drove out the nations with your hand,
      But you planted them.

 You afflicted the peoples,
      But you spread them abroad.

 ^44:3For they didn't get the land in possession by their own sword,
      Neither did their own arm save them;

 But your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your face,
      Because you were favorable to them.

 ^44:4You are my King, God.
      Command victories for Jacob!

 ^44:5Through you, will we push down our adversaries.
      Through your name, will we tread them under who rise up against us.

 ^44:6For I will not trust in my bow,
      Neither shall my sword save me.

 ^44:7But you have saved us from our adversaries,
      And have put them to shame who hate us.

 ^44:8In God have we made our boast all day long,
      We will give thanks to your name forever.

 Selah.

  ^44:9But now you rejected us, and brought us to dishonor,
      And don't go out with our armies.

 ^44:10You make us turn back from the adversary.
      Those who hate us take spoil for themselves.

 ^44:11You have made us like sheep for food,
      And have scattered us among the nations.

 ^44:12You sell your people for nothing,
      And have gained nothing from their sale.

 ^44:13You make us a reproach to our neighbors,
      A scoffing and a derision to those who are round about us.

 ^44:14You make us a byword among the nations,
      A shaking of the head among the peoples.

 ^44:15All day long is my dishonor before me,
      And shame covers my face,
      ^44:16At the taunt of one who reproaches and reviles,
      Because of the enemy and the avenger.

 ^44:17All this has come on us,
      Yet have we not forgotten you,
      Neither have we been false to your covenant.

 ^44:18Our heart has not turned back,
      Neither have our steps declined from your way,
      ^44:19That you have crushed us in the haunt of jackals,
      And covered us with the shadow of death.

 ^44:20If we have forgotten the name of our God,
      Or spread forth our hands to a strange god;
      ^44:21Won't God search this out?
      For he knows the secrets of the heart.

 ^44:22Yes, for your sake are we killed all day long.
      We are regarded as sheep for the slaughter.

 ^44:23Wake up! Why do you sleep, Lord?
      Arise! Don't reject us forever.

 ^44:24Why do you hide your face,
      And forget our affliction and our oppression?

 ^44:25For our soul is bowed down to the dust.
      Our body cleaves to the earth.

 ^44:26Rise up to help us.
      Redeem us for your lovingkindness' sake.

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