Psalms 44
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
2to plant them,
You drove out the nations with Your hand;
to settle them,
You crushed 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,
for You were pleased with them. # Dt 7:7-8; Ps 77:15; Hs 1:7
4You are my King, my God,
who ordains # 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;
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 # 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 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 slain 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 Yourself
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
44
To the director: A maskil from the Korah family.
1God, we have heard about you.
Our fathers told us what you did in their lifetime.
They told us what you did long ago.
2With your great power you took this land from other people,
and you gave it to us.
You crushed those foreigners
and forced them to leave this land.
3It was not our fathers’ swords that took the land.
It was not their strong arms that brought them victory.
It was your power.
It was because you accepted them and smiled down on them.
4God, you are my king.
Give the command and lead Jacob’s people to victory.
5We need your help to push our enemies back.
Only in your name can we trample those who attacked us.
6I don’t put my trust in my bow.
My sword cannot save me.
7You are the one who saved us from our enemies.
You are the one who put our enemies to shame.
8We have praised you all day long,
and we will praise your name forever. Selah
9But you left us and put us to shame.
You did not go with us into battle.
10You let our enemies push us back.
You let them take our wealth.
11You gave us away like sheep to be killed and eaten.
You scattered us among the nations.
12You sold your people for nothing.
You did not even argue over the price.
13You made us a joke to our neighbors.
They laugh and make fun of us.
14You made us one of the stories that people love to tell.
People all over the world laugh at us and shake their heads.
15All I can think about is my shame.
Just look at my face, and you will see it.
16All I can hear are the jokes and insults of my enemies,
as I watch them take their revenge.
17We have not forgotten you.
But you do all those things to us.
We did not break the agreement you gave us.
18We did not turn away from you.
We did not stop following you.
19But you crushed us in this home of jackals.
You left us in this place as dark as death.
20Did we forget the name of our God?
Did we pray to foreign gods?
21If we did, then God knows it,
because he knows our deepest secrets.
22All day long we died for you.
We are like sheep being led away to be killed.
23Lord, wake up!
Why are you sleeping?
Get up! Don’t ignore us forever!
24Why are you hiding from us?
Have you forgotten our pain and troubles?
25We have been pushed down into the dirt.
We are lying face down in the dust.#44:25 This shows that the people were being treated like slaves who must bow down to their masters.
26Get up and help us!
Rescue us because of your faithful love.
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