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
To the Heavenly Worship Leader for the sons of Korakh [Bald], Maskhil [a contemplative poem].
1We have heard with our ears, O God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered], our fathers have told us, [what] work youi did in their days, in the times of old.
2 [How] youi did drive out the heathen with youri hand, and planted them; [how] youi did afflict the people, and cast them out.
3For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but youri right hand, and youri arm, and the light of youri Countenance (Face, appearance; show favor), because youi had a favour unto them.
4youi are my King, O God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered]: command deliverances for Ya’akov [Heel of God].
5Through youi will we push down our enemies: through youri name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
6For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
7But youi have saved us from our enemies, and have put them to shame that hated us.
8In God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] we boast all the day long, and praise youri name forever. Selah [stop and diligently consider what was just said].
9But youi have cast off, and put us to shame; and go not forth with our armies.
10youi make us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil (plunder; prey; booty) for themselves.
11youi have given us like sheep [appointed] for meat; and have scattered us among the heathen.
12youi sell youri people for nothing (bad; vain), and do not increase [youri wealth] by their price.
13youi make us a reproach (disgrace; shame) to our neighbours, a scorn and a ridicule (laughing at enemies’ threats) to them that are round about us.
14youi make us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
15My confusion [is] continually before me, and the shame of my face has covered me,
16For the voice of him that reproaches and blasphemes; by reason of the enemy and avenger.
17All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten youi, neither have we dealt falsely in youri covenant.
18Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from youri way;
19Though youi have sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.
20If we have forgotten the name of our God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered], or stretched out our hands to a strange god;
21Shall not God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] search this out? for he knows the secrets of the heart.
22Yea, for youri sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
23Awake, why sleep youi, O Lord-Adonai (The Father) [Greatest Above All Things]? arise, cast [us] not off forever.
24For what reason hide youi youri face, [and] forget our affliction and our oppression?
25For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaves unto the earth.
26Arise for our help, and redeem us for youri mercies’ sake.
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