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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1For the leader. By the descendants of Korach. A maskil:
2God, we heard it with our ears;
our fathers told us about it —
a deed which you did in their days,
back in days of old.
3With your hand you drove out nations
to plant them in [the land],
you crushed peoples
to make room for them.
4For not by their own swords
did they conquer the land,
nor did their own arm
give them victory;
rather, it was your right hand,
your arm and the light of your face;
because you favored them.
5God, you are my king;
command complete victory for Ya‘akov.
6Through you we pushed away our foes,
through your name we trampled down our assailants.
7For I don’t rely on my bow,
nor can my sword give me victory.
8No, you saved us from our adversaries;
you put to shame those who hate us.
9We will boast in our God all day
and give thanks to your name forever. (Selah)
10Yet now you have thrust us aside and disgraced us;
you don’t march out with our armies.
11You make us retreat from the adversary,
and those who hate us plunder us at will.
12You have handed us over like sheep to be eaten
and scattered us among the nations.
13You sell your people for a pittance,
you don’t even profit on the sale.
14You make us an object for our neighbors to mock,
one of scorn and derision to those around us.
15You make us a byword among the nations;
the peoples jeer at us, shaking their heads.
16All day long my disgrace is on my mind,
and shame has covered my face
17at the sound of those who revile and insult,
at the sight of the enemy bent on revenge.
18Though all this came on us, we did not forget you;
we have not been false to your covenant;
19Our hearts have not turned back,
and our steps did not turn away from your path,
20though you pressed us into a lair of jackals
and covered us with death-dark gloom.
21If we had forgotten the name of our God
or spread out our hands to a foreign god,
22wouldn’t God have discovered this,
since he knows the secrets of the heart?
23For your sake we are put to death all day long,
we are considered sheep to be slaughtered.
24Wake up, Adonai! Why are you asleep?
Rouse yourself! Don’t thrust us off forever.
25Why are you turning your face away,
forgetting our pain and misery?
26For we are lying flat in the dust,
our bodies cling to the ground.
27Get up, and come to help us!
For the sake of your grace, redeem us!
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