Psalms 44
44
Wake Up, Lord, We’re in Trouble
For the Pure and Shining One by the prophetic singers of Korah’s clan
A contemplative poem for instruction
The Past
1-2God, we’ve heard about all the glorious miracles
you’ve done for our ancestors in days gone by.
They told us about the ancient times, how by your power
you drove out the ungodly nations from this land,
crushing all their strongholds and giving the land to us.
Now the people of Israel cover the land
from one end to the other,
all because of your grace and power!
3Our forefathers didn’t take the land by their own strength
or their own skill or strategy.
But it was through the shining forth of your radiant presence
and the display of your mighty power.
You loved to give them victory,
for you took great delight in them.
4You are my God, my King!
It’s now time to decree majesties for Jacob!
5Through your glorious name and your awesome power,
we can push through to any victory and defeat every enemy.
6For I will not trust in the weapons of the world; # 44:6 Or “bow and sword.”
I know they will never save me.
7Only you will be our Savior from all our enemies.
All those who hate us you have brought to shame.
8So now I constantly boast in you.
I can never thank you enough!
Pause in his presence
The Present
9But you have turned your back on us; you walked off and left us!
You’ve rejected us, tossing us aside in humiliating shame.
You don’t go before us anymore in our battles.
10We retreat before our enemies in defeat,
for you are no longer helping us.
Those who hate us have invaded our land
and plundered our people.
11You have treated us like sheep in the slaughter pen,
ready to be butchered.
You’ve scattered us to the four winds.
12You have sold us as slaves for nothing!
You have counted us, your precious ones, as worthless.
13You have caused our neighbors to despise and scorn us.
All those around us mock and curse us.
14You have made us the butt of their jokes.
Disliked by all, we are the laughingstock of the people.
15-16There’s no escape from this constant curse, this humiliation!
We are despised, jeered, overwhelmed by shame,
and overcome at every turn
by our hateful and heartless enemies.
17Despite all of this, we have not forgotten you;
we have not broken covenant with you.
18We have not betrayed you; our hearts are still yours.
Our steps have not strayed from your path.
19Yet you have crushed us,
leaving us in this wilderness place of misery and desperation. # 44:19 Or “in this place of jackals.”
With nowhere else to turn,
death’s dark door seems to be the only way out.
20-21If we had forsaken your holy name, wouldn’t you know it?
You’d be right in leaving us.
If we had worshiped before other gods,
no one would blame you for punishing us.
God, you know our every heart-secret.
You know we still want you!
22Because of you we face death threats every day.
Like martyrs we are dying daily.
We are seen as lambs lined up to be slaughtered as sacrifices.
The Future
23So wake up, Lord God!
Why would you sleep when we’re in trouble?
Are you forsaking us forever?
24You can’t hide your face any longer from us!
How could you forget our agonizing sorrow?
25Now we lay facedown, sinking into the dust of death,
the quicksand of the grave.
26Arise, awake, and come to help us, O Lord.
Let your unfailing love save us from this sorrow!
Currently Selected:
Psalms 44: TPT
Highlight
Share
Copy
Want to have your highlights saved across all your devices? Sign up or sign in
The Passion Translation® is a registered trademark of Passion & Fire Ministries, Inc.
Copyright © 2020 Passion & Fire Ministries, Inc.
Learn More About The Passion TranslationPsalms 44
44
Redemption Remembered in Present Dishonor
To the Chief Musician. A #Ps. 42:titleContemplation of the sons of Korah.
1We have heard with our ears, O God,
#(Ex. 12:26, 27; Deut. 6:20); Judg. 6:13; Ps. 78:3Our fathers have told us,
The deeds You did in their days,
In days of old:
2#Ex. 15:17; 2 Sam. 7:10; Jer. 24:6; Amos 9:15You drove out the nations with Your hand,
But them You planted;
You afflicted the peoples, and cast them out.
3For #(Deut. 8:17, 18); Josh. 24:12they did not gain possession of the land by their own sword,
Nor did their own arm save them;
But it was Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your countenance,
#(Deut. 4:37; 7:7, 8)Because You favored them.
4#(Ps. 74:12)You are my King, O God;
Command victories for Jacob.
5Through You #Deut. 33:17; (Dan. 8:4)we will push down our enemies;
Through Your name we will trample those who rise up against us.
6For #(1 Sam. 17:47); Ps. 33:16; (Hos. 1:7)I will not trust in my bow,
Nor shall my sword save me.
7But You have saved us from our enemies,
And have put to shame those who hated us.
8#Ps. 34:2; (Jer. 9:24)In God we boast all day long,
And praise Your name forever.
Selah
9But #Ps. 60:1You have cast us off and put us to shame,
And You do not go out with our armies.
10You make us #Lev. 26:17; Josh. 7:8, 12; Ps. 89:43turn back from the enemy,
And those who hate us have taken spoil for themselves.
11#Ps. 44:22; Rom. 8:36You have given us up like sheep intended for food,
And have #Lev. 26:33; Deut. 4:27; 28:64; Ps. 106:27; Ezek. 20:23scattered us among the nations.
12#Is. 52:3, 4; Jer. 15:13You sell Your people for next to nothing,
And are not enriched by selling them.
13#Ps. 79:4; 80:6; Jer. 24:9You make us a reproach to our neighbors,
A scorn and a derision to those all around us.
14#Deut. 28:37You make us a byword among the nations,
#Job 16:4A shaking of the head among the peoples.
15My dishonor is continually before me,
And the shame of my face has covered me,
16Because of the voice of him who reproaches and reviles,
#Ps. 8:2Because of the enemy and the avenger.
17#Dan. 9:13All this has come upon us;
But we have not forgotten You,
Nor have we dealt falsely with Your covenant.
18Our heart has not turned back,
#Job 23:11Nor have our steps departed from Your way;
19But You have severely broken us in #Is. 34:13the place of jackals,
And covered us #(Ps. 23:4)with the shadow of death.
20If we had forgotten the name of our God,
Or #(Deut. 6:14)stretched out our hands to a foreign god,
21#Job 31:14; (Ps. 139:1, 2; Jer. 17:10)Would not God search this out?
For He knows the secrets of the heart.
22#Rom. 8:36Yet for Your sake we are killed all day long;
We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
23#Ps. 7:6Awake! Why do You sleep, O Lord?
Arise! Do not cast us off forever.
24#Job 13:24Why do You hide Your face,
And forget our affliction and our oppression?
25For #Ps. 119:25our soul is bowed down to the dust;
Our body clings to the ground.
26Arise for our help,
And redeem us for Your mercies’ sake.
Currently Selected:
:
Highlight
Share
Copy
Want to have your highlights saved across all your devices? Sign up or sign in
The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.