Thematic Bible
Psalm 44:1 (show verse)
O God, we have heard with our ears, our fathers have told us, what deeds you performed in their days, in the days of old:
Psalm 44:2 (show verse)
you with your own hand drove out the nations, but them you planted; you afflicted the peoples, but them you set free;
Psalm 44:3 (show verse)
for not by their own sword did they win the land, nor did their own arm save them, but your right hand and your arm, and the light of your face, for you delighted in them.
Psalm 44:4 (show verse)
You are my King, O God; ordain salvation for Jacob!
Psalm 44:5 (show verse)
Through you we push down our foes; through your name we tread down those who rise up against us.
Psalm 44:6 (show verse)
For not in my bow do I trust, nor can my sword save me.
Psalm 44:7 (show verse)
But you have saved us from our foes and have put to shame those who hate us.
Psalm 44:8 (show verse)
In God we have boasted continually, and we will give thanks to your name forever. Selah
Psalm 44:9 (show verse)
But you have rejected us and disgraced us and have not gone out with our armies.
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Psalm 44:10 (show verse)
You have made us turn back from the foe, and those who hate us have gotten spoil.
Psalm 44:11 (show verse)
You have made us like sheep for slaughter and have scattered us among the nations.
Psalm 44:12 (show verse)
You have sold your people for a trifle, demanding no high price for them.
Psalm 44:13 (show verse)
You have made us the taunt of our neighbors, the derision and scorn of those around us.
Psalm 44:14 (show verse)
You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.
Psalm 44:15 (show verse)
All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face
Psalm 44:16 (show verse)
at the sound of the taunter and reviler, at the sight of the enemy and the avenger.
Psalm 44:17 (show verse)
All this has come upon us, though we have not forgotten you, and we have not been false to your covenant.
Psalm 44:18 (show verse)
Our heart has not turned back, nor have our steps departed from your way;
Psalm 44:19 (show verse)
yet you have broken us in the place of jackals and covered us with the shadow of death.
Psalm 44:20 (show verse)
If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,
Psalm 44:21 (show verse)
would not God discover this? For he knows the secrets of the heart.
Psalm 44:22 (show verse)
Yet for your sake we are killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.
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Psalm 44:23 (show verse)
Awake! Why are you sleeping, O Lord? Rouse yourself! Do not reject us forever!
Psalm 44:24 (show verse)
Why do you hide your face? Why do you forget our affliction and oppression?
Psalm 44:25 (show verse)
For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our belly clings to the ground.
Psalm 44:26 (show verse)
Rise up; come to our help! Redeem us for the sake of your steadfast love!