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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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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