Psalms 44
44
PSALM 44
Common Meter: 8,6,8,6
To the chief Musician, for the sons of Korah, Maschil.
1O God, we with our ears have heard,
our fathers have us told,
What works thou in their days hadst done,
ev'n in the days of old.
2Thy hand did drive the heathen out,
and plant them in their place;
Thou didst afflict the nations,
but them thou didst increase.
3For neither got their sword the land,
nor did their arm them save;
But thy right hand, arm, countenance;
for thou them favour gave.
4Thou art my King: for Jacob, Lord,
deliv'rances command.
5Through thee we shall push down our foes,
that do against us stand:
We, through thy name, shall tread down those
that ris'n against us have.
6For in my bow I shall not trust,
nor shall my sword me save.
7But from our foes thou hast us sav'd,
our haters put to shame.
8In God we all the day do boast,
and ever praise thy name.
9But now we are cast off by thee,
and us thou putt'st to shame;
And when our armies do go forth,
thou go'st not with the same.
10Thou mak'st us from the enemy,
faint-hearted, to turn back;
And they who hate us for themselves
our spoils away do take.
11Like sheep for meat thou gavest us;
'mong heathen cast we be.
12Thou didst for nought thy people sell;
their price enrich'd not thee.
13Thou mak'st us a reproach to be
unto our neighbours near;
Derision and a scorn to them
that round about us are.
14A by-word also thou dost us
among the heathen make;
The people, in contempt and spite,
at us their heads do shake.
15Before me my confusion
continually abides;
And of my bashful countenance
the shame me ever hides:
16For voice of him that doth reproach,
and speaketh blasphemy;
By reason of th' avenging foe,
and cruel enemy.
17All this is come on us, yet we
have not forgotten thee;
Nor falsely in thy covenant
behav'd ourselves have we.
18Back from thy way our heart not turn'd;
our steps no straying made;
19Though us thou brak'st in dragons' place,
and cover'dst with death's shade.
20If we God's name forgot, or stretch'd
to a strange god our hands,
21Shall not God search this out? for he
heart's secrets understands.
22Yea, for thy sake we're kill'd all day,
counted as slaughter-sheep.
23Rise, Lord, cast us not ever off;
awake, why dost thou sleep?
24O wherefore hidest thou thy face?
forgett'st our cause distress'd,
25And our oppression? For our soul
is to the dust down press'd:
Our belly also on the earth
fast cleaving, hold doth take.
26Rise for our help, and us redeem,
ev'n for thy mercies' sake.
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Psalms 44
44
A Prayer for Protection#Ps 44 Hebrew title: A poem by the clan of Korah.
1With our own ears we have heard it, O God —
our ancestors have told us about it,
about the great things you did in their time,
in the days of long ago:
2how you yourself drove out the heathen
and established your people in their land;
how you punished the other nations
and caused your own to prosper.
3Your people did not conquer the land with their swords;
they did not win it by their own power;
it was by your power and your strength,
by the assurance of your presence,
which showed that you loved them.
4You are my king and my God;
you give#44.4 Some ancient translations and my God; you give; Hebrew O God; give. victory to your people,
5and by your power we defeat our enemies.
6I do not trust in my bow
or in my sword to save me;
7but you have saved us from our enemies
and defeated those who hate us.
8We will always praise you
and give thanks to you for ever.
9But now you have rejected us and let us be defeated;
you no longer march out with our armies.
10You made us run from our enemies,
and they took for themselves what was ours.
11You allowed us to be slaughtered like sheep;
you scattered us in foreign countries.
12You sold your own people for a small price
as though they had little value.#44.12 as… value; or and made no profit from the sale.
13Our neighbours see what you did to us,
and they mock us and laugh at us.
14You have made us an object of contempt among the nations;
they shake their heads at us in scorn.
15I am always in disgrace;
I am covered with shame
16from hearing the sneers and insults
of my enemies and those who hate me.
17All this has happened to us,
even though we have not forgotten you
or broken the covenant you made with us.
18We have not been disloyal to you;
we have not disobeyed your commands.
19Yet you left us helpless among wild animals;
you abandoned us in deepest darkness.
20If we had stopped worshipping our God
and prayed to a foreign god,
21you would surely have discovered it,
because you know our secret thoughts.
22 #
Rom 8.36
But it is on your account that we are being killed all the time,
that we are treated like sheep to be slaughtered.
23Wake up, Lord! Why are you asleep?
Rouse yourself! Don't reject us for ever!
24Why are you hiding from us?
Don't forget our suffering and trouble!
25We fall crushed to the ground;
we lie defeated in the dust.
26Come to our aid!
Because of your constant love save us!
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