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
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Psalm 44
National Lament and Prayer for Help
To the leader. Of the Korahites. A Maskil.
1 #
Ex 12.26; Ps 78.3, 12 We have heard with our ears, O God;
our ancestors have told us
what deeds you performed in their days,
in the days of old:
2 #
Ex 15.17; Ps 78.55; 80.8 you with your own hand drove out the nations,
but them you planted;
you afflicted the peoples,
but them you set free;
3 #
Deut 4.37; 7.7, 8; Josh 24.12; Ps 77.15 for not by their own sword did they win the land,
nor did their own arm give them victory,
but your right hand, and your arm,
and the light of your countenance,
for you delighted in them.
4You are my King and my God;
you command#44.4 Gk Syr: Heb You are my King, O God; command victories for Jacob.
5 #
Ps 108.13; Dan 8.4 Through you we push down our foes;
through your name we tread down our assailants.
6For not in my bow do I trust,
nor can my sword save me.
7 #
Ps 53.5; 136.24 But you have saved us from our foes
and have put to confusion those who hate us.
8 #
Ps 30.12; 34.2 In God we have boasted continually,
and we will give thanks to your name forever. Selah
9 #
Ps 60.1, 10; 74.1 Yet you have rejected us and shamed us
and have not gone out with our armies.
10 #
Lev 26.17; Josh 7.8; Ps 89.41 You made us turn back from the foe,
and our enemies have gotten spoil.
11 #
v 22
; Deut 4.27; 28.64; Ps 106.27You have made us like sheep for slaughter
and have scattered us among the nations.
12 #
Isa 52.3, 4; Jer 15.13 You have sold your people for a trifle,
demanding no high price for them.
13 #
Ps 79.4; 80.6 You have made us the taunt of our neighbors,
the derision and scorn of those around us.
14 #
Ps 109.25; Jer 24.9 You have made us a byword among the nations,
a laughingstock#44.14 Heb a shaking of the head among the peoples.
15All day long my disgrace is before me,
and shame has covered my face
16 #
Ps 8.2; 74.10 at the words of the taunters and revilers,
at the sight of the enemy and the avenger.
17 #
Ps 78.7, 57; Dan 9.13 All this has come upon us,
yet we have not forgotten you
or been false to your covenant.
18 #
Job 23.11; Ps 78.57 Our heart has not turned back,
nor have our steps departed from your way,
19 #
Job 3.5; Ps 51.8 yet you have broken us in the haunt of jackals
and covered us with deep darkness.
20 #
Ps 68.31; 78.11; 81.9 If we had forgotten the name of our God
or spread out our hands to a strange god,
21 #
Ps 139.1, 2; Jer 17.10 would not God discover this?
For he knows the secrets of the heart.
22 #
Isa 53.7; Rom 8.36 Because of you we are being killed all day long
and accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
23 #
Ps 7.6; 77.7; 78.65 Rouse yourself! Why do you sleep, O Lord?
Awake, do not cast us off forever!
24 #
Job 13.24; Ps 42.9 Why do you hide your face?
Why do you forget our affliction and oppression?
25 #
Ps 119.25
For we sink down to the dust;
our bodies cling to the ground.
26 #
Ps 25.22; 35.2 Rise up, come to our help.
Redeem us for the sake of your steadfast love.
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