Psalms 44
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Psalm 44
Israel’s Complaint
For the choir director. A Maskil of the sons of Korah.
1God, we have heard with our ears —
our ancestors have told us —
the work you accomplished in their days,
in days long ago:#Dt 32:7; Ps 78:3
2In order to plant them,
you displaced the nations by your hand;
in order to settle them,
you brought disaster on the peoples.#2Sm 7:10; Ps 78:55; 80:8
3For they did not take the land by their sword —
their arm did not bring them victory —
but by your right hand, your arm,
and the light of your face,#Nm 6:25
because you were favorable toward them.#Dt 7:7–8; Ps 77:15; Hs 1:7
4You are my King, my God,
who ordains#44:4 LXX, Syr, Aq; MT reads King, God; ordain victories for Jacob.#Ps 42:8; 74:12
5Through you we drive back our foes;
through your name we trample our enemies.#Ps 60:12; 108:13; Zch 10:5
6For I do not trust in my bow,
and my sword does not bring me victory.#1Sm 17:47; Ps 33:16
7But you give us victory over our foes
and let those who hate us be disgraced.#Ps 35:4; 53:5
8We boast in God all day long;#Ps 34:2
we will praise your name forever.#Ps 30:12; 34:2Selah
9But you have rejected and humiliated us;
you do not march out with our armies.#Ps 60:1,10; 74:1; 108:11
10You make us retreat from the foe,
and those who hate us
have taken plunder for themselves.#Lv 26:17; Dt 28:25; Jos 7:8,12
11You hand us over to be eaten like sheep
and scatter us among the nations.#Lv 26:33; Dt 4:27; 28:64; Ps 106:27
12You sell your people for nothing;
you make no profit from selling them.#Dt 32:30; Jdg 2:14; 3:8; Is 52:3–4
13You make us an object of reproach to our neighbors,
a source of mockery and ridicule to those around us.#Dt 28:37; Ps 79:4
14You make us a joke among the nations,
a laughingstock#44:14 Lit shaking of the head among the peoples.#Jb 17:6; Ps 109:25; Jr 24:9
15My disgrace is before me all day long,
and shame has covered my face,#2Ch 32:21; Ps 69:7
16because of the taunts#44:16 Lit voice of the scorner and reviler,
because of the enemy and avenger.#Ps 8:2; 74:10
17All this has happened to us,
but we have not forgotten you
or betrayed your covenant.#Ps 119:61,153
18Our hearts have not turned back;
our steps have not strayed from your path.#Jb 23:11; Ps 37:31; 119:51,157
19But you have crushed us in a haunt of jackals
and have covered us with deepest darkness.#Jb 30:29; Jr 9:11
20If we had forgotten the name of our God
and spread out our hands to a foreign god,#Dt 6:14; Jb 11:13
21wouldn’t God have found this out,
since he knows the secrets of the heart?#Ps 139:1–2; Jr 17:10; Heb 4:13
22Because of you we are being put to death all day long;
we are counted as sheep to be slaughtered.#Is 53:7; Jr 12:3; Rm 8:36
23Wake up, Lord! Why are you sleeping?
Get up! Don’t reject us forever!#Ps 7:6; 35:23; 78:65
24Why do you hide
and forget our affliction and oppression?#Jb 13:24; Ps 88:14
25For we have sunk down to the dust;
our bodies cling to the ground.#Ps 119:25
26Rise up! Help us!
Redeem us because of your faithful love.#Ps 25:22
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Psalms 44
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Psalm 44
For the choir director; a maskil by Korah’s descendants.
1O God,
we have heard it with our own ears.
Our ancestors have told us
about the miracle you performed in their day,
in days long ago.
2By your power you forced nations ⌞out of the land⌟,
but you planted our ancestors ⌞there⌟.
You shattered many groups of people,
but you set our ancestors free.#44:2 Or “and you sent them away.”
3It was not with their swords that they took possession of the land.
They did not gain victory with their own strength.
It was your right hand, your arm,
and the light of your presence ⌞that did it⌟,
because you were pleased with them.
4You alone are my king, O God.
You won those victories for Jacob.
5With you we can walk over our enemies.
With your name we can trample those who attack us.
6I do not rely on my bow,
and my sword will never save me.
7But you saved us from our enemies.
You put to shame those who hate us.
8All day long we praise our God.
We give thanks to you forever. Selah
9But now you have rejected and disgraced us.
You do not even go along with our armies.
10You make us retreat from the enemy.
Those who hate us rob us at will.
11You hand us over to be butchered like sheep
and scatter us among the nations.
12You sell your people for almost nothing,
and at that price you have gained nothing.
13You made us a disgrace to our neighbors
and an object of ridicule and contempt to those around us.
14You made our ⌞defeat⌟ a proverb among the nations
so that people shake their heads at us.
15All day long my disgrace is in front of me.
Shame covers my face
16because of the words of those who insult and slander us,
because of the presence of the enemy and the avenger.
17Although all of this happened to us,
we never forgot you.
We never ignored your promise.#44:17 Or “covenant.”
18Our hearts never turned away.
Our feet never left your path.
19Yet, you crushed us in a place for jackals
and covered us with the shadow of death.
20If we forgot the name of our God
or stretched out our hands to pray to another god,
21wouldn’t God find out,
since he knows the secrets in our hearts?
22Indeed, we are being killed all day long because of you.
We are thought of as sheep to be slaughtered.
23Wake up! Why are you sleeping, O Lord?
Awake! Do not reject us forever!
24Why do you hide your face?
Why do you forget our suffering and misery?
25Our souls are bowing in the dust.
Our bodies cling to the ground.
26Arise! Help us!
Rescue us because of your mercy!
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