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
Arise, O God of Our Fathers
1For the music director, a psalm of the sons of Korah, a contemplative song.
2We have heard with our ears, O God —our fathers have told us— of a work You did in their days, in days of old.
3With Your hand You displaced nations, but You planted them. You afflicted peoples, and You drove them out.
4For it was not by their own sword that they took possession of the land, nor did their own arm save them. But it was Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face— for You favored them.
5You are my King, O God— command victories for Jacob!
6Through You we push back our foes. Through Your Name we trample those rising up against us.
7For I do not trust in my bow, nor can my sword save me.
8For You saved us from our oppressors and put to shame those who hated us.
9In God we make our boast all day and Your Name we praise forever. Selah
10Yet You have spurned and humiliated us, and no longer go out with our armies.
11You make us retreat before the enemy. Those who hate us have plundered us.
12You gave us to be devoured like sheep and have scattered us among the nations.
13You are selling Your people cheaply— not even getting a great price for them.
14You made us a taunt for our neighbors, a scorn and ridicule for those around us.
15You have made us a byword among the nations, head-wagging among the peoples.
16All day my disgrace is before me, and my face is covered with shame—
17because of the sound of taunting and reviling from the face of a vengeful enemy.
18All this came upon us, though we did not forget You, nor were we false to Your covenant.
19Our heart did not turn back, nor did our steps stray from Your path.
20Yet You crushed us in a place of jackals, covered us with the shadow of death.
21If we had forgotten the Name of our God or stretched our hands to a foreign god,
22would God not have discovered it? For He knows the secrets of the heart.
23But for Your sake we are slain all day. We are counted as sheep for slaughter.
24Awake! Why do you sleep, my Lord? Wake up! Do not cast us off forever.
25Why do You hide Your face and forget our misery and oppression?
26For our soul sinks down to the dust. Our belly cleaves to the earth.
27Arise, be our help, and redeem us for Your mercy’s sake.
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