Psalms 44
44
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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Psalms 44
44
Present Defeat and Past Deliverance
For the music director. Of the sons of Korah. A maskil.#The Hebrew Bible counts the superscription as the first verse of the psalm; the English verse number is reduced by one
1O God, we have heard with our ears;
our ancestors#Or “fathers” have told us
of work you worked in their days,
in days of old.
2You with your hand drove out the nations,
but them#That is, Israel you planted.
You harmed the peoples,
but them#That is, Israel you let spread out.
3For not with their sword
did they possess the land,
and their arm did not give them victory.
Rather it was your right hand and your arm
and the light of your presence,
because you delighted in them.
4You are my king, O God.
Command#Or “who commands,” see LXX victories for Jacob.
5By you we push down our enemies;
by your name we tread down those who rise up against us.
6For I do not trust my bow,
and my sword cannot give me victory.
7Rather you have saved us from our enemies,#Or “made us victorious over our enemies”
and have humiliated those who hate us.
8In God we boast all the day,
and we will give thanks to your name forever. Selah
9Surely you have rejected and disgraced us,
and have not gone out with our armies.
10You have caused us to pull back from the enemy,
and so those who hate us have plundered for themselves.
11You have given us as sheep for food,
and among the nations you have scattered us.
12You have sold your people cheaply,#Literally “for what is not wealth”
and did not profit by their price.
13You have made us a taunt to our neighbors,
a derision and a scorn to those around us.
14You have made us a byword among the nations,
a shaking of the head among the peoples.
15All day long#Literally “All of the day” my disgrace is before me,
and the shame of my face covers me,
16because of the voice of the taunter and the reviler,
because of the enemy and the avenger.
17All this has befallen us, though we have not forgotten you,
and we have not been false to your covenant.
18Our heart has not turned back,
and our steps have not turned aside from your way.
19But you have crushed us in a place of jackals,
and have covered us with deep shadow.
20If we had forgotten the name of our God,
or had spread out our hands in prayer to a foreign god,
21would not God discover this,
for he knows the secrets of the heart?
22Rather, on account of you we are killed all day long;#Literally “all of the day”
we are accounted as sheep for slaughter.
23Wake up! Why do you sleep, O Lord?
Awake! Do not reject forever.
24Why do you hide your face?
Have you forgotten our misery and our oppression?
25For our soul is bowed down to the dust.
Our body#Literally “belly” clings to the ground.
26Rise up! Be a help for us,
and redeem us for the sake of your loyal love.
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