Psalm 44

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Psalm 44

Former Deliverances and Present Troubles.

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O God, we have heard with our ears,
Our ^(A)fathers have told us
The ^(B)work that You did in their days,
In the ^(C)days of old.

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You with Your own hand ^(D)drove out the nations;
Then You ^(E)planted them;
You ^(F)afflicted the peoples,
Then You ^(G)spread them abroad.

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For by their own sword they ^(H)did not possess the land,
And their own arm did not save them,
But Your right hand and Your ^(I)arm and the ^(J)light of Your presence,
For You ^(K)favored them.

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You are ^(L)my King, O God;
^(M)Command ^(b)victories for Jacob.

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Through You we will ^(N)push back our adversaries;
Through Your name we will ^(O)trample down those who rise up against us.

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For I will ^(P)not trust in my bow,
Nor will my sword save me.

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But You ^(Q)have saved us from our adversaries,
And You have ^(R)put to shame those who hate us.

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In God we have ^(S)boasted all day long,
And we will ^(T)give thanks to Your name forever. ^(c)Selah.

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Yet You ^(U)have rejected us and brought us to ^(V)dishonor,
And ^(W)do not go out with our armies.

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You cause us to ^(X)turn back from the adversary;
And those who hate us ^(Y)have taken spoil for themselves.

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You give us as ^(Z)sheep ^(d)to be eaten
And have ^(AA)scattered us among the nations.

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You ^(AB)sell Your people ^(e)cheaply,
And have not ^(f)profited by their sale.

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You make us a ^(AC)reproach to our neighbors,
A scoffing and a ^(AD)derision to those around us.

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You make us ^(AE)a byword among the nations,
A ^(g)^(AF)laughingstock among the peoples.

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All day long my dishonor is before me
And ^(h)my ^(AG)humiliation has overwhelmed me,

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Because of the voice of him who ^(AH)reproaches and reviles,
Because of the presence of the ^(AI)enemy and the avenger.

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All this has come upon us, but we have ^(AJ)not forgotten You,
And we have not ^(AK)dealt falsely with Your covenant.

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Our heart has not ^(AL)turned back,
And our steps ^(AM)have not deviated from Your way,

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Yet You have ^(AN)crushed us in a place of ^(AO)jackals
And covered us with ^(AP)the shadow of death.

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If we had ^(AQ)forgotten the name of our God
Or extended our ⁽ⁱ⁾hands to ^(AR)a strange god,

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Would not God ^(AS)find this out?
For He knows the secrets of the heart.

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But ^(AT)for Your sake we are killed all day long;
We are considered as ^(AU)sheep to be slaughtered.

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^(AV)Arouse Yourself, why ^(AW)do You sleep, O Lord?
Awake, ^(AX)do not reject us forever.

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Why do You ^(AY)hide Your face
And ^(AZ)forget our affliction and our oppression?

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For our ^(BA)soul has sunk down into the dust;
Our body cleaves to the earth.

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^(BB)Rise up, be our help,
And ^(BC)redeem us for the sake of Your lovingkindness.

Footnotes:

a. Psalm 44:1: ['Possibly ', Contemplative, ', or ', Didactic, ', or ', Skillful Psalm]

b. Psalm 44:4: ['Lit ', salvation]

c. Psalm 44:8: [Selah, ' may mean: ', Pause, Crescendo, ' or ', Musical interlude]

d. Psalm 44:11: ['Lit ', for food]

e. Psalm 44:12: ['Lit ', for no wealth]

f. Psalm 44:12: ['Or ', set a high price on them]

g. Psalm 44:14: ['Lit ', shaking of the head]

h. Psalm 44:15: ['Lit ', the shame of my face has covered me]

i. Psalm 44:20: ['Lit ', palms]

Cross references:

A. Psalm 44:1: Exodus 12:26; Exodus 12:27; Deuteronomy 6:20; Judges 6:13; Psalm 78:3

B. Psalm 44:1: Psalm 78:12

C. Psalm 44:1: Deuteronomy 32:7; Psalm 77:5; Isaiah 51:9; Isaiah 63:9

D. Psalm 44:2: Joshua 3:10; Nehemiah 9:24; Psalm 78:55; Psalm 80:8

E. Psalm 44:2: Exodus 15:17; 2 Samuel 7:10; Jeremiah 24:6; Amos 9:15

F. Psalm 44:2: Psalm 135:10-12

G. Psalm 44:2: Psalm 80:9-11; Zechariah 2:6

H. Psalm 44:3: Deuteronomy 8:17; Deuteronomy 8:18; Joshua 24:12

I. Psalm 44:3: Psalm 77:15

J. Psalm 44:3: Psalm 4:6; Psalm 89:15

K. Psalm 44:3: Deuteronomy 4:37; Deuteronomy 7:7; Deuteronomy 7:8; Deuteronomy 10:15; Psalm 106:4

L. Psalm 44:4: Psalm 74:12

M. Psalm 44:4: Psalm 42:8

N. Psalm 44:5: Deuteronomy 33:17; Psalm 60:12; Daniel 8:4

O. Psalm 44:5: Psalm 108:13; Zechariah 10:5

P. Psalm 44:6: 1 Samuel 17:47; Psalm 33:16; Hosea 1:7

Q. Psalm 44:7: Psalm 136:24

R. Psalm 44:7: Psalm 53:5

S. Psalm 44:8: Psalm 34:2

T. Psalm 44:8: Psalm 30:12

U. Psalm 44:9: Psalm 43:2; Psalm 60:1; Psalm 60:10; Psalm 74:1; Psalm 89:38; Psalm 108:11

V. Psalm 44:9: Psalm 69:19

W. Psalm 44:9: Psalm 60:10; Psalm 108:11

X. Psalm 44:10: Leviticus 26:17; Joshua 7:8; Joshua 7:12; Psalm 89:43

Y. Psalm 44:10: Psalm 89:41

Z. Psalm 44:11: Psalm 44:22; Romans 8:36

AA. Psalm 44:11: Leviticus 26:33; Deuteronomy 4:27; Deuteronomy 28:64; Psalm 106:27; Ezekiel 20:23

AB. Psalm 44:12: Deuteronomy 32:30; Judges 2:14; Judges 3:8; Isaiah 52:3; Isaiah 52:4; Jeremiah 15:13

AC. Psalm 44:13: Deuteronomy 28:37; Psalm 79:4; Psalm 89:41

AD. Psalm 44:13: Psalm 80:6; Ezekiel 23:32

AE. Psalm 44:14: Job 17:6; Psalm 69:11; Jeremiah 24:9

AF. Psalm 44:14: Psalm 109:25

AG. Psalm 44:15: Psalm 69:7

AH. Psalm 44:16: Psalm 74:10

AI. Psalm 44:16: Psalm 8:2

AJ. Psalm 44:17: Psalm 78:7; Psalm 119:61; Psalm 119:83; Psalm 119:109; Psalm 119:141; Psalm 119:153; Psalm 119:176

AK. Psalm 44:17: Psalm 78:57

AL. Psalm 44:18: Psalm 78:57

AM. Psalm 44:18: Job 23:11; Psalm 119:51; Psalm 119:157

AN. Psalm 44:19: Psalm 51:8; Psalm 94:5

AO. Psalm 44:19: Job 30:29; Isaiah 13:22; Jeremiah 9:11

AP. Psalm 44:19: Job 3:5; Psalm 23:4

AQ. Psalm 44:20: Psalm 78:11

AR. Psalm 44:20: Deuteronomy 6:14; Psalm 81:9

AS. Psalm 44:21: Psalm 139:1; Psalm 139:2; Jeremiah 17:10

AT. Psalm 44:22: Romans 8:36

AU. Psalm 44:22: Isaiah 53:7; Jeremiah 12:3

AV. Psalm 44:23: Psalm 7:6

AW. Psalm 44:23: Psalm 78:65

AX. Psalm 44:23: Psalm 77:7

AY. Psalm 44:24: Job 13:24; Psalm 88:14

AZ. Psalm 44:24: Psalm 42:9; Lamentations 5:20

BA. Psalm 44:25: Psalm 119:25

BB. Psalm 44:26: Psalm 35:2

BC. Psalm 44:26: Psalm 6:4; Psalm 25:22