Psalms 44
44
Wake Up, Lord, We’re in Trouble
For the Pure and Shining One by the prophetic singers of Korah’s clan
A contemplative poem for instruction
The Past
1-2God, we’ve heard about all the glorious miracles
you’ve done for our ancestors in days gone by.
They told us about the ancient times, how by your power
you drove out the ungodly nations from this land,
crushing all their strongholds and giving the land to us.
Now the people of Israel cover the land
from one end to the other,
all because of your grace and power!
3Our forefathers didn’t take the land by their own strength
or their own skill or strategy.
But it was through the shining forth of your radiant presence
and the display of your mighty power.
You loved to give them victory,
for you took great delight in them.
4You are my God, my King!
It’s now time to decree majesties for Jacob!
5Through your glorious name and your awesome power,
we can push through to any victory and defeat every enemy.
6For I will not trust in the weapons of the world; # 44:6 Or “bow and sword.”
I know they will never save me.
7Only you will be our Savior from all our enemies.
All those who hate us you have brought to shame.
8So now I constantly boast in you.
I can never thank you enough!
Pause in his presence
The Present
9But you have turned your back on us; you walked off and left us!
You’ve rejected us, tossing us aside in humiliating shame.
You don’t go before us anymore in our battles.
10We retreat before our enemies in defeat,
for you are no longer helping us.
Those who hate us have invaded our land
and plundered our people.
11You have treated us like sheep in the slaughter pen,
ready to be butchered.
You’ve scattered us to the four winds.
12You have sold us as slaves for nothing!
You have counted us, your precious ones, as worthless.
13You have caused our neighbors to despise and scorn us.
All those around us mock and curse us.
14You have made us the butt of their jokes.
Disliked by all, we are the laughingstock of the people.
15-16There’s no escape from this constant curse, this humiliation!
We are despised, jeered, overwhelmed by shame,
and overcome at every turn
by our hateful and heartless enemies.
17Despite all of this, we have not forgotten you;
we have not broken covenant with you.
18We have not betrayed you; our hearts are still yours.
Our steps have not strayed from your path.
19Yet you have crushed us,
leaving us in this wilderness place of misery and desperation. # 44:19 Or “in this place of jackals.”
With nowhere else to turn,
death’s dark door seems to be the only way out.
20-21If we had forsaken your holy name, wouldn’t you know it?
You’d be right in leaving us.
If we had worshiped before other gods,
no one would blame you for punishing us.
God, you know our every heart-secret.
You know we still want you!
22Because of you we face death threats every day.
Like martyrs we are dying daily.
We are seen as lambs lined up to be slaughtered as sacrifices.
The Future
23So wake up, Lord God!
Why would you sleep when we’re in trouble?
Are you forsaking us forever?
24You can’t hide your face any longer from us!
How could you forget our agonizing sorrow?
25Now we lay facedown, sinking into the dust of death,
the quicksand of the grave.
26Arise, awake, and come to help us, O Lord.
Let your unfailing love save us from this sorrow!
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Learn More About The Passion TranslationTehillim (Psalms) 44
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1O Elohim, we have heard with our ears, Our fathers have related to us, The work You did in their days, In the days of old.
2You drove out the nations with Your hand, But them You planted. You afflicted peoples, and sent them out.
3For not by their own sword did they possess the land, Neither did their own arm save them; But it was Your right hand and Your arm, And the light of Your face, Because You delighted in them.
4You Yourself are my Sovereign, O Elohim; Command deliverances for Ya‛aqoḇ.
5Through You we push our enemies; Through Your Name we tread down those who rise up against us.
6For I do not trust in my bow, And my sword does not save me.
7For You have saved us from our enemies, And have put to shame those who hated us.
8In Elohim we shall boast all day long, And praise Your Name forever. Selah.
9Yet You have rejected us and put us to shame, And You do not go with our armies.
10You make us turn back from the adversary, And those who hate us have plundered us.
11You do give us as sheep to be eaten, And You have scattered us among the nations.
12You sell Your people for no value, And have set no high price on them.
13You make us a reproach to our neighbours, A scorn and a mockery to those round about us.
14You make us a proverb among the nations, A shaking of the head among the peoples.
15My reproach is always before me, And the shame of my face has covered me,
16Because of the voice of the slanderer and blasphemer, Because of the enemy and avenger.
17All this has come upon us; But we have not forgotten You, Neither have we been false to Your covenant.
18Our heart has not turned back, Neither has our step swerved from Your way,
19Yet You have crushed us in the place of jackals, And covered us with the shadow of death.
20If we have forgotten the Name of our Elohim, Or stretched out our hands to a foreign mighty one,
21Would Elohim not search this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart.
22But for Your sake we are killed all day long; Reckoned as sheep for the slaughter.
23Awake! Why do You sleep, O יהוה? Arise! Do not reject us forever.
24Why do You hide Your face, Ignoring our affliction and our oppression?
25For our being is bowed down to the dust; Our body cleaves to the earth.
26Arise, be our help, And redeem us for Your loving-commitment’ sake.
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