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A <span class="italic">Maskil</span> of the sons of Korah.</h3><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.44.1" /><A name="2"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-1.htm"><b></b></a></span>God, we have heard with our ears —</p><p class="poem">our ancestors have told us —</p><p class="poem">the work you accomplished in their days,</p><p class="poem">in days long ago:<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.44.1.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.44.2" /> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>In order to plant them,</p><p class="poem">you displaced the nations by your hand;</p><p class="poem">in order to settle them,</p><p class="poem">you brought disaster on the peoples.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.44.2.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.44.3" /> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>For they did not take the land by their sword —</p><p class="poem">their arm did not bring them victory —</p><p class="poem">but by your right hand, your arm,</p><p class="poem">and the light of your face,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.44.3.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">because you were favorable toward them.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.44.3.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.44.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>You are my King, my God,</p><p class="poem">who ordains<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.44.4.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> victories for Jacob.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.44.4.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.44.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Through you we drive back our foes;</p><p class="poem">through your name we trample our enemies.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.44.5.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.44.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>For I do not trust in my bow,</p><p class="poem">and my sword does not bring me victory.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.44.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.44.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>But you give us victory over our foes</p><p class="poem">and let those who hate us be disgraced.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.44.7.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.44.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>We boast in God all day long;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.44.8.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">we will praise your name forever.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.44.8.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poemright"><span class="italic">Selah</span></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.44.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>But you have rejected and humiliated us;</p><p class="poem">you do not march out with our armies.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.44.9.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.44.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>You make us retreat from the foe,</p><p class="poem">and those who hate us</p><p class="poem">have taken plunder for themselves.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.44.10.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.44.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>You hand us over to be eaten like sheep</p><p class="poem">and scatter us among the nations.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.44.11.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.44.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>You sell your people for nothing;</p><p class="poem">you make no profit from selling them.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.44.12.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.44.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>You make us an object of reproach to our neighbors,</p><p class="poem">a source of mockery and ridicule to those around us.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.44.13.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.44.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>You make us a joke among the nations,</p><p class="poem">a laughingstock<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.44.14.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> among the peoples.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.44.14.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.44.15" /> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>My disgrace is before me all day long,</p><p class="poem">and shame has covered my face,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.44.15.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.44.16" /> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>because of the taunts<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.44.16.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> of the scorner and reviler,</p><p class="poem">because of the enemy and avenger.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.44.16.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.44.17" /> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>All this has happened to us,</p><p class="poem">but we have not forgotten you</p><p class="poem">or betrayed your covenant.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.44.17.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.44.18" /> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Our hearts have not turned back;</p><p class="poem">our steps have not strayed from your path.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.44.18.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.44.19" /> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>But you have crushed us in a haunt of jackals</p><p class="poem">and have covered us with deepest darkness.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.44.19.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.44.20" /> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>If we had forgotten the name of our God</p><p class="poem">and spread out our hands to a foreign god,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.44.20.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.44.21" /> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>wouldn’t God have found this out,</p><p class="poem">since he knows the secrets of the heart?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.44.21.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.44.22" /> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Because of you we are being put to death all day long;</p><p class="poem">we are counted as sheep to be slaughtered.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.44.22.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.44.23" /> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Wake up, L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>! Why are you sleeping?</p><p class="poem">Get up! Don’t reject us forever!<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.44.23.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.44.24" /> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Why do you hide</p><p class="poem">and forget our affliction and oppression?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.44.24.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.44.25" /> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>For we have sunk down to the dust;</p><p class="poem">our bodies cling to the ground.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.44.25.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.44.26" /> <A name=""></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Rise up! Help us!</p><p class="poem">Redeem us because of your faithful love.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.44.26.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><br /><section id="footnotes-Psalms.44" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Psalms.44.4.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.44.4">44:4</a></span> LXX, Syr, Aq; MT reads <span class="italic">King, God; ordain</span></aside><aside id="fn.Psalms.44.14.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.44.14">44:14</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">shaking of the head</span></aside><aside id="fn.Psalms.44.16.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.44.16">44:16</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">voice</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Psalms.44" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Psalms.44.1.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.44.1">44:1</a></span> Dt 32:7; Ps 78:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.44.2.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.44.2">44:2</a></span> 2Sm 7:10; Ps 78:55; 80:8</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.44.3.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.44.3">44:3</a></span> Nm 6:25</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.44.3.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.44.3">44:3</a></span> Dt 7:7–8; Ps 77:15; Hs 1:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.44.4.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.44.4">44:4</a></span> Ps 42:8; 74:12</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.44.5.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.44.5">44:5</a></span> Ps 60:12; 108:13; Zch 10:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.44.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.44.6">44:6</a></span> 1Sm 17:47; Ps 33:16</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.44.7.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.44.7">44:7</a></span> Ps 35:4; 53:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.44.8.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.44.8">44:8</a></span> Ps 34:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.44.8.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.44.8">44:8</a></span> Ps 30:12; 34:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.44.9.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.44.9">44:9</a></span> Ps 60:1,10; 74:1; 108:11</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.44.10.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.44.10">44:10</a></span> Lv 26:17; Dt 28:25; Jos 7:8,12</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.44.11.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.44.11">44:11</a></span> Lv 26:33; Dt 4:27; 28:64; Ps 106:27</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.44.12.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.44.12">44:12</a></span> Dt 32:30; Jdg 2:14; 3:8; Is 52:3–4</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.44.13.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.44.13">44:13</a></span> Dt 28:37; Ps 79:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.44.14.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.44.14">44:14</a></span> Jb 17:6; Ps 109:25; Jr 24:9</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.44.15.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.44.15">44:15</a></span> 2Ch 32:21; Ps 69:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.44.16.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.44.16">44:16</a></span> Ps 8:2; 74:10</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.44.17.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.44.17">44:17</a></span> Ps 119:61,153</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.44.18.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.44.18">44:18</a></span> Jb 23:11; Ps 37:31; 119:51,157</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.44.19.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.44.19">44:19</a></span> Jb 30:29; Jr 9:11</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.44.20.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.44.20">44:20</a></span> Dt 6:14; Jb 11:13</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.44.21.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.44.21">44:21</a></span> Ps 139:1–2; Jr 17:10; Heb 4:13</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.44.22.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.44.22">44:22</a></span> Is 53:7; Jr 12:3; Rm 8:36</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.44.23.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.44.23">44:23</a></span> Ps 7:6; 35:23; 78:65</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.44.24.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.44.24">44:24</a></span> Jb 13:24; Ps 88:14</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.44.25.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.44.25">44:25</a></span> Ps 119:25</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.44.26.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.44.26">44:26</a></span> Ps 25:22</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-Psalms.44" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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