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A Maskil<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> of the sons of Korah. <p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="#"><b>1</b></a></span>We have heard with our ears, O God; <p class="indent2"> our fathers have told us <p class="indent1"> the work You did in their days, <p class="indent2"> in the days of old. <A name="3"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>With Your hand You drove out the nations <p class="indent2"> and planted our fathers there; <p class="indent1"> You crushed the peoples <p class="indent2"> and cast them out. <A name="4"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>For it was not by their sword that they took the land; <p class="indent2"> their arm did not bring them victory. <p class="indent1"> It was by Your right hand, <p class="indent2"> Your arm, and the light of Your face, <p class="indent2"> because You favored them. <A name="5"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>You are my King, O God, <p class="indent2"> who ordains victories for Jacob. <A name="6"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Through You we repel our foes; <p class="indent2"> through Your name we trample our enemies. <A name="7"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>For I do not trust in my bow, <p class="indent2"> nor does my sword save me.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> <A name="8"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>For You save us from our enemies; <p class="indent2"> You put those who hate us to shame. <A name="9"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>In God we have boasted all day long, <p class="indent2"> and Your name we will praise forever. <p class="selah"> Selah <A name="10"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>But You have rejected and humbled us; <p class="indent2"> You no longer go forth with our armies. <A name="11"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>You have made us retreat from the foe, <p class="indent2"> and those who hate us have plundered us. <A name="12"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>You have given us up as sheep to be devoured; <p class="indent2"> You have scattered us among the nations. <A name="13"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>You sell Your people for nothing; <p class="indent2"> no profit do You gain from their sale. <A name="14"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, <p class="indent2"> a mockery and derision to those around us. <A name="15"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>You have made us a byword among the nations, <p class="indent2"> a laughingstock<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> among the peoples. <A name="16"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>All day long my disgrace is before me, <p class="indent2"> and shame has covered my face, <A name="17"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>at the voice of the scorner and reviler, <p class="indent2"> because of the enemy, bent on revenge. <A name="18"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>All this has come upon us, <p class="indent2"> though we have not forgotten You <p class="indent2"> or betrayed Your covenant. <A name="19"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Our hearts have not turned back; <p class="indent2"> our steps have not strayed from Your path. <A name="20"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>But You have crushed us in the lair of jackals;<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> <p class="indent2"> You have covered us with deepest darkness. <A name="21"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>If we had forgotten the name of our God <p class="indent2"> or spread out our hands to a foreign god, <A name="22"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>would not God have discovered, <p class="indent2"> since He knows the secrets of the heart? <A name="23"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Yet for Your sake we face death all day long; <p class="indent2"> we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">e</a></span> <A name="24"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Wake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping? <p class="indent2"> Arise! Do not reject us forever. <A name="25"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Why do You hide Your face <p class="indent2"> and forget our affliction and oppression? <A name="26"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>For our soul has sunk to the dust; <p class="indent2"> our bodies cling to the earth. <A name=""></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Rise up; be our help! <p class="indent2"> Redeem us on account of Your loving devotion.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <i>Maskil</i><span class="thin"> </span> is probably a musical or liturgical term; used for Psalms 32, 42, 44–45, 52–55, 74, 78, 88–89, and 142.<br><span class="fnverse">6</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Or <i>give me victory</i><span class="thin"> </span>; similarly in verse 7<br><span class="fnverse">14</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> Literally <i>a shaking of the head</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">19</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> Or <i>serpents</i><span class="thin"> </span> or <i>dragons</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">22</span> <span class="footnotesbot">e</span> Cited in <a href="../romans/8.htm#36">Romans 8:36</a><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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