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href="../psalms/43.htm" title="Psalm 43">◄</a> Psalm 44 <a href="../psalms/45.htm" title="Psalm 45">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/psalms/44.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="d">For the choir director: A psalm<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a> of the descendants of Korah.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/44-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>O God, we have heard it with our own ears—</p><p class="line2">our ancestors have told us</p><p class="line1">of all you did in their day,</p><p class="line2">in days long ago:</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/44-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>You drove out the pagan nations by your power</p><p class="line2">and gave all the land to our ancestors.</p><p class="line1">You crushed their enemies</p><p class="line2">and set our ancestors free.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/44-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>They did not conquer the land with their swords;</p><p class="line2">it was not their own strong arm that gave them victory.</p><p class="line1">It was your right hand and strong arm</p><p class="line2">and the blinding light from your face that helped them,</p><p class="line2">for you loved them.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/44-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>You are my King and my God.</p><p class="line2">You command victories for Israel.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a></p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/44-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Only by your power can we push back our enemies;</p><p class="line2">only in your name can we trample our foes.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/44-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>I do not trust in my bow;</p><p class="line2">I do not count on my sword to save me.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/44-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>You are the one who gives us victory over our enemies;</p><p class="line2">you disgrace those who hate us.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/44-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>O God, we give glory to you all day long</p><p class="line2">and constantly praise your name.</p><p class="lit">Interlude</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/44-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>But now you have tossed us aside in dishonor.</p><p class="line2">You no longer lead our armies to battle.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/44-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>You make us retreat from our enemies</p><p class="line2">and allow those who hate us to plunder our land.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/44-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>You have butchered us like sheep</p><p class="line2">and scattered us among the nations.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/44-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>You sold your precious people for a pittance,</p><p class="line2">making nothing on the sale.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/44-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>You let our neighbors mock us.</p><p class="line2">We are an object of scorn and derision to those around us.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/44-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>You have made us the butt of their jokes;</p><p class="line2">they shake their heads at us in scorn.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/44-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>We can’t escape the constant humiliation;</p><p class="line2">shame is written across our faces.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/44-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>All we hear are the taunts of our mockers.</p><p class="line2">All we see are our vengeful enemies.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/44-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>All this has happened though we have not forgotten you.</p><p class="line2">We have not violated your covenant.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/44-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Our hearts have not deserted you.</p><p class="line2">We have not strayed from your path.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/44-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Yet you have crushed us in the jackal’s desert home.</p><p class="line2">You have covered us with darkness and death.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/44-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>If we had forgotten the name of our God</p><p class="line2">or spread our hands in prayer to foreign gods,</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/44-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>God would surely have known it,</p><p class="line2">for he knows the secrets of every heart.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/44-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>But for your sake we are killed every day;</p><p class="line2">we are being slaughtered like sheep.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/44-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Wake up, O Lord! Why do you sleep?</p><p class="line2">Get up! Do not reject us forever.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/44-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Why do you look the other way?</p><p class="line2">Why do you ignore our suffering and oppression?</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/44-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>We collapse in the dust,</p><p class="line2">lying face down in the dirt.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/44-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Rise up! Help us!</p><p class="line2">Ransom us because of your unfailing love.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">44:TITLE </span><span class="ft"> Hebrew </span><span class="it">maskil.</span><span class="ft"> This may be a literary or musical term.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">44:4 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">for Jacob.</span><span class="ft"> The names “Jacob” and “Israel” are often interchanged throughout the Old Testament, referring sometimes to the individual patriarch and sometimes to the nation.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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