Psalms

44:1: <> We have heard with our ears, God; Our fathers have told us, What work you did in their days, In the days of old.
44:2: You drove out the nations with your hand, But you planted them. You afflicted the peoples, But you spread them abroad.
44:3: For they didn't get the land in possession by their own sword, Neither did their own arm save them; But your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your face, Because you were favorable to them.
44:4: You are my King, God. Command victories for Jacob!
44:5: Through you, will we push down our adversaries. Through your name, will we tread them under who rise up against us.
44:6: For I will not trust in my bow, Neither shall my sword save me.
44:7: But you have saved us from our adversaries, And have shamed those who hate us.
44:8: In God we have made our boast all day long, We will give thanks to your name forever. Selah.
44:9: But now you rejected us, and brought us to dishonor, And don't go out with our armies.
44:10: You make us turn back from the adversary. Those who hate us take spoil for themselves.
44:11: You have made us like sheep for food, And have scattered us among the nations.
44:12: You sell your people for nothing, And have gained nothing from their sale.
44:13: You make us a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and a derision to those who are around us.
44:14: You make us a byword among the nations, A shaking of the head among the peoples.
44:15: All day long my dishonor is before me, And shame covers my face,
44:16: At the taunt of one who reproaches and verbally abuses, Because of the enemy and the avenger.
44:17: All this has come on us, Yet have we not forgotten you, Neither have we been false to your covenant.
44:18: Our heart has not turned back, Neither have our steps strayed from your path,
44:19: Though you have crushed us in the haunt of jackals, And covered us with the shadow of death.
44:20: If we have forgotten the name of our God, Or spread forth our hands to a strange god;
44:21: Won't God search this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart.
44:22: Yes, for your sake we are killed all day long. We are regarded as sheep for the slaughter.
44:23: Wake up! Why do you sleep, Lord? Arise! Don't reject us forever.
44:24: Why do you hide your face, And forget our affliction and our oppression?
44:25: For our soul is bowed down to the dust. Our body cleaves to the earth.
44:26: Rise up to help us. Redeem us for your loving kindness' sake.
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