Psalm 44

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Psalm 44

Israel’s Complaint

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God, we have heard with our ears—
our ancestors have told us—
the work You accomplished in their days,
in days long ago:^(A)

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to plant them,
You drove out the nations with Your hand;
to settle them,
You crushed the peoples.^(B)

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For they did not take the land by their sword—
their arm did not bring them victory—
but by Your right hand, Your arm,
and the light of Your face,
for You were pleased with them.^(C)

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You are my King, my God,
who ordains^(a) victories for Jacob.^(D)

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Through You we drive back our foes;
through Your name we trample our enemies.^(E)

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For I do not trust in my bow,
and my sword does not bring me victory.^(F)

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But You give us victory over our foes
and let those who hate us be disgraced.^(G)

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We boast in God all day long;
we will praise Your name forever.^(H)Selah

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But You have rejected and humiliated us;
You do not march out with our armies.^(I)

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You make us retreat from the foe,
and those who hate us
have taken plunder for themselves.^(J)

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You hand us over to be eaten like sheep
and scatter us among the nations.^(K)

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You sell Your people for nothing;
You make no profit from selling them.^(L)

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You make us an object of reproach to our neighbors,
a source of mockery and ridicule to those around us.^(M)

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You make us a joke among the nations,
a laughingstock^(b) among the peoples.^(N)

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My disgrace is before me all day long,
and shame has covered my face,^(O)

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because of the voice of the scorner and reviler,
because of the enemy and avenger.^(P)

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All this has happened to us,
but we have not forgotten You
or betrayed Your covenant.^(Q)

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Our hearts have not turned back;
our steps have not strayed from Your path.^(R)

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But You have crushed us in a haunt of jackals
and have covered us with deepest darkness.^(S)

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If we had forgotten the name of our God
and spread out our hands to a foreign god,^(T)

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wouldn’t God have found this out,
since He knows the secrets of the heart?^(U)

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Because of You we are slain all day long;
we are counted as sheep to be slaughtered.^(V)

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Wake up, Lord! Why are You sleeping?
Get up! Don’t reject us forever!^(W)

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Why do You hide Yourself
and forget our affliction and oppression?^(X)

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For we have sunk down to the dust;
our bodies cling to the ground.^(Y)

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Rise up! Help us!
Redeem us because of Your faithful love.^(Z)

Footnotes:

a. Psalm 44:4: LXX, Syr, Aq; MT reads King, God; ordain

b. Psalm 44:14: Lit shaking of the head

Cross references:

A. Psalm 44:1: Deuteronomy 32:7; Psalm 78:3

B. Psalm 44:2: Psalm 78:55; Psalm 80:8

C. Psalm 44:3: Deuteronomy 7:7-8; Psalm 77:15

D. Psalm 44:4: Psalm 42:8; Psalm 74:12

E. Psalm 44:5: Psalm 60:12; Psalm 108:13

F. Psalm 44:6: Psalm 33:16

G. Psalm 44:7: Psalm 35:4; Psalm 53:5

H. Psalm 44:8: Psalm 30:12; Psalm 34:2

I. Psalm 44:9: Psalm 60:1; Psalm 60:10; Psalm 74:1; Psalm 108:11

J. Psalm 44:10: Leviticus 26:17; Deuteronomy 28:25; Joshua 7:8; Joshua 7:12

K. Psalm 44:11: Leviticus 26:33; Deuteronomy 4:27; Deuteronomy 28:64; Psalm 106:27

L. Psalm 44:12: Deuteronomy 32:30; Judges 2:14; Judges 3:8; Isaiah 52:3-4

M. Psalm 44:13: Deuteronomy 28:37; Psalm 79:4

N. Psalm 44:14: Job 17:6; Psalm 109:25; Jeremiah 24:9

O. Psalm 44:15: 2 Chronicles 32:21; Psalm 69:7

P. Psalm 44:16: Psalm 8:2; Psalm 74:10

Q. Psalm 44:17: Psalm 119:61; Psalm 119:153

R. Psalm 44:18: Job 23:11; Psalm 37:31; Psalm 119:51; Psalm 119:157

S. Psalm 44:19: Job 30:29; Jeremiah 9:11

T. Psalm 44:20: Deuteronomy 6:14; Job 11:13

U. Psalm 44:21: Psalm 139:1-2; Jeremiah 17:10; Hebrews 4:13

V. Psalm 44:22: Isaiah 53:7; Jeremiah 12:3; Romans 8:36

W. Psalm 44:23: Psalm 7:6; Psalm 35:23; Psalm 78:65

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

Y. Psalm 44:25: Psalm 119:25

Z. Psalm 44:26: Psalm 25:22