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Of the sons of Korah. A <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>Maskil.</i></SS><CP><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>O God, we have heard with our ears, <p class="indent2">Our fathers have recounted to us <p class="indent2">The work that You did in their days, <p class="indent2">In the days of old. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>You with Your own hand dispossessed the nations; <p class="indent2">Then You planted them; <p class="indent2">You afflicted the peoples, <p class="indent2">Then You cast them out. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>For by their own sword they did not possess the land, <p class="indent2">And their own arm did not save them, <p class="indent2">But Your right hand and Your arm and the light of Your presence, <p class="indent2">For You favored them. <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>You are my King, O God; <p class="indent2">Command <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>salvation for Jacob. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Through You we will push back our adversaries; <p class="indent2">Through Your name we will tread down those who rise up against us. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>For I will not trust in my bow, <p class="indent2">And my sword will not save me. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>But You have saved us from our adversaries, <p class="indent2">And You have put to shame those who hate us. <p class="indent1"><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 we will give thanks to Your name forever. <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>Selah. <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Yet You have rejected <i>us</i> and brought us to dishonor, <p class="indent2">And do not go out with our armies. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>You cause us to turn back from the adversary; <p class="indent2">And those who hate us have plundered <i>us</i> for themselves. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>You give us as sheep <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>to be eaten <p class="indent2">And have scattered us among the nations. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>You sell Your people <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>for no amount, <p class="indent2">And You have not <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>profited from their price. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>You make us a reproach to our neighbors, <p class="indent2">A mockery and a derision to those around us. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>You make us a byword among the nations, <p class="indent2">A <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>laughingstock among the peoples. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>All day long my dishonor is before me <p class="indent2">And <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>the shame of my face has covered me, <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Because of the voice of him who reproaches and reviles, <p class="indent2">Because of the presence of the enemy and the avenger. <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>All this has come upon us, but we have not forgotten You, <p class="indent2">And we have not dealt falsely with Your covenant. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Our heart has not turned back, <p class="indent2">Nor have our steps deviated from Your path, <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Yet You have crushed us in a place of jackals <p class="indent2">And covered us with the shadow of death. <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><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 our <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>hands to a strange god, <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Would not God find this out? <p class="indent2">For He knows the secrets of the heart. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>But for Your sake we are killed all day long; <p class="indent2">We are counted as sheep for the slaughter. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Arouse Yourself, why do You sleep, O Lord? <p class="indent2">Awake, do not reject us forever. <p class="indent1"><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"><i>And</i> forget our affliction and our oppression? <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>For our soul has sunk down into the dust; <p class="indent2">Our <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>body cleaves to the earth. <p class="indent1"><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">And redeem us for the sake of Your lovingkindness.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="fnverse">Title</span> Possibly <i>Contemplative</i>, <i>Didactic</i>, <i>Skillful Psalm</i><br><span class="fnverse">4</span> Lit <i>salvations</i><br><span class="fnverse">8</span> <i>Selah</i> may mean <i>Pause</i>, <i>Crescendo</i>, <i>Musical Interlude</i><br><span class="fnverse">11</span> Lit <i>for food</i><br><span class="fnverse">12</span> Lit <i>for no wealth</i><br><span class="fnverse">12</span> Or <i>set a high price on them</i><br><span class="fnverse">14</span> Lit <i>shaking of the head</i><br><span class="fnverse">15</span> Or <i>humiliation</i><br><span class="fnverse">20</span> Lit <i>palms</i><br><span class="fnverse">25</span> Lit <i>womb</i>, <i>stomach</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Legacy Standard Bible Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved. 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