Psa Psalms, psalm Book of Psalms, psalm 44
For the Chief Musician. By the sons of Korah. A contemplative psalm.Psa 42:0
We have heard with our ears, God;
our fathers have told us what work you did in their days,
in the days of old.Deu 6:21; Psa 78:3
You drove out the nations with your hand,
but you planted them.
You afflicted the peoples,
but you spread them abroad.Exo 15:17
For they didn’t get the land in possession by their own sword,
neither did their own arm save them;
but your right hand, your arm, and the light of your face,
because you were favorable to them.Deu 33:29
God, you are my King.
Command victories for Jacob!
Through you, we will push down our adversaries.
Through your name, we will tread down those who rise up against us.Psa 60:12; Isa 33:22
For I will not trust in my bow,
neither will my sword save me.Psa 20:7
But you have saved us from our adversaries,
and have shamed those who hate us.
In God we have made our boast all day long.
We will give thanks to your name forever. Selah.
But now you rejected us, and brought us to dishonor,
and don’t go out with our armies.Psa 60:1
You make us turn back from the adversary.
Those who hate us take plunder for themselves.
You have made us like sheep for food,
and have scattered us among the nations.
You sell your people for nothing,
and have gained nothing from their sale.1Sa 12:9; Isa 52:3
You make us a reproach to our neighbors,
a scoffing and a derision to those who are around us.Psa 79:4; Jer 24:9
You make us a byword among the nations,
a shaking of the head among the peoples.
All day long my dishonor is before me,
and shame covers my face,
at the taunt of one who reproaches and verbally abuses,
because of the enemy and the avenger.
All this has come on us,
yet we haven’t forgotten you.
We haven’t been false to your covenant.Isa 26:8
Our heart has not turned back,
neither have our steps strayed from your path,
though you have crushed us in the haunt of jackals,
and covered us with the shadow of death.
If we have forgotten the name of our God,
or spread out our hands to a strange god,
won’t God search this out?
For he knows the secrets of the heart.Psa 7:9
Yes, for your sake we are killed all day long.
We are regarded as sheep for the slaughter.Rom 8:36
Wake up!
Why do you sleep, Lord?44:23 The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.”
Arise!
Don’t reject us forever.Mat 8:24
Why do you hide your face,
and forget our affliction and our oppression?Psa 13:1
For our soul is bowed down to the dust.
Our body clings to the earth.Isa 51:23
Rise up to help us.
Redeem us for your loving kindness’ sake.