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!
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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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