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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">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="d">(A special psalm by the clan of Korah and for the music leader.)</h3><h3 class="s1">A Prayer for Help</h3><p class="q1"><span class="v19_44_1"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.44.1" class="v19_44_1">1</span>Our God, our ancestors told us</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_44_1">what wonders you worked</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_44_1">and we listened carefully.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_44_2"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.44.2" class="v19_44_2">2</span>You chased off the nations</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_44_2">by causing them trouble</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_44_2">with your powerful arm.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_44_2">Then you let our ancestors</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_44_2">take over their land.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_44_3"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.44.3" class="v19_44_3">3</span>Their strength and weapons</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_44_3">were not what won the land</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_44_3">and gave them victory!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_44_3">You loved them and fought</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_44_3">with your powerful arm</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_44_3">and your shining glory.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_44_4"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.44.4" class="v19_44_4">4</span>You are my God and King,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_44_4">and you give victory<a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.44.4!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_44_4">to the people of Jacob.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_44_5"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.44.5" class="v19_44_5">5</span>By your great power,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_44_5">we knocked our enemies down</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_44_5">and trampled on them.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_44_6"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.44.6" class="v19_44_6">6</span>I don't depend on my arrows</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_44_6">or my sword to save me.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_44_7"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.44.7" class="v19_44_7">7</span>But you saved us</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_44_7">from our hateful enemies,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_44_7">and you put them to shame.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_44_8"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.44.8" class="v19_44_8">8</span>We boast about you, our God,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_44_8">and we are always grateful.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_44_9"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.44.9" class="v19_44_9">9</span>But now you have rejected us;</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_44_9">you don't lead us into battle,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_44_9">and we look foolish.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_44_10"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.44.10" class="v19_44_10">10</span>You made us retreat,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_44_10">and our enemies have taken</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_44_10">everything we own.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_44_11"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.44.11" class="v19_44_11">11</span>You let us be slaughtered</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_44_11">like sheep,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_44_11">and you scattered us</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_44_11">among the nations.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_44_12"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.44.12" class="v19_44_12">12</span>You sold your people</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_44_12">for little or nothing,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_44_12">and you earned no profit.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_44_13"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.44.13" class="v19_44_13">13</span>You made us look foolish</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_44_13">to our neighbors;</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_44_13">people who live nearby</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_44_13">insult us and sneer.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_44_14"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.44.14" class="v19_44_14">14</span>Foreigners joke about us</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_44_14">and shake their heads.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_44_15"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.44.15" class="v19_44_15">15</span>I am embarrassed every day,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_44_15">and I blush with shame.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_44_16"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.44.16" class="v19_44_16">16</span>But others mock and sneer,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_44_16">as they watch my enemies</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_44_16">take revenge on me.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_44_17"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.44.17" class="v19_44_17">17</span>All this happened to us,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_44_17">though we didn't forget you</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_44_17">or break our agreement.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_44_18"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.44.18" class="v19_44_18">18</span>We always kept you in mind</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_44_18">and followed your teaching.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_44_19"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.44.19" class="v19_44_19">19</span>But you crushed us,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_44_19">and you covered us</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_44_19">with deepest darkness</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_44_19">where wild animals live.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_44_20"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.44.20" class="v19_44_20">20</span>We did not forget you</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_44_20">or lift our hands in prayer</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_44_20">to foreign gods.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_44_21"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.44.21" class="v19_44_21">21</span>You would have known it</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_44_21">because you discover</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_44_21">every secret thought.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_44_22"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.44.22" class="v19_44_22">22</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.44.22!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> We face death all day for you.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_44_22">We are like sheep on their way</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_44_22">to be slaughtered.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_44_23"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.44.23" class="v19_44_23">23</span>Wake up! Do something, Lord!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_44_23">Why are you sleeping?</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_44_23">Don't desert us forever.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_44_24"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.44.24" class="v19_44_24">24</span>Why do you keep looking away?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_44_24">Don't forget our sufferings</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_44_24">and all our troubles.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_44_25"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.44.25" class="v19_44_25">25</span>We are flat on the ground,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_44_25">holding on to the dust.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_44_26"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.44.26" class="v19_44_26">26</span>Do something! Help us!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_44_26">Show how kind you are</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_44_26">and come to our rescue.</span></p> <a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">44.4 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">and … victory: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One ancient translation; Hebrew “please give victory.”</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 2006 American Bible Society. 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