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Themes in Psalm 44
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Themes in Psalm 44

Psalm 44:1

For the choir director. A Maskil of the sons of Korah.God, we have heard with our ears—
our ancestors have told us—
the work You accomplished in their days,
in days long ago:

Psalm 44:2

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

Psalm 44:3

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.

Psalm 44:4

You are my King, my God,
who ordains victories for Jacob.

Psalm 44:5

Through You we drive back our foes;
through Your name we trample our enemies.

Psalm 44:6

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

Psalm 44:7

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

Psalm 44:8

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

Psalm 44:9

But You have rejected and humiliated us;
You do not march out with our armies.
No Themes for this verse.

Psalm 44:10

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

Psalm 44:11

You hand us over to be eaten like sheep
and scatter us among the nations.

Psalm 44:12

You sell Your people for nothing;
You make no profit from selling them.

Psalm 44:13

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

Psalm 44:14

You make us a joke among the nations,
a laughingstock among the peoples.

Psalm 44:15

My disgrace is before me all day long,
and shame has covered my face,

Psalm 44:16

because of the voice of the scorner and reviler,
because of the enemy and avenger.

Psalm 44:17

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

Psalm 44:18

Our hearts have not turned back;
our steps have not strayed from Your path.

Psalm 44:19

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

Psalm 44:20

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

Psalm 44:21

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

Psalm 44:22

Because of You we are slain all day long;
we are counted as sheep to be slaughtered.
No Themes for this verse.

Psalm 44:23

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

Psalm 44:24

Why do You hide Yourself
and forget our affliction and oppression?

Psalm 44:25

For we have sunk down to the dust;
our bodies cling to the ground.

Psalm 44:26

Rise up! Help us!
Redeem us because of Your faithful love.
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