Psalms 44
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God, our own ears have heard it; our ancestors told us of the deeds you did when they lived, in times long past. With your own hand you drove out nations and planted our ancestors in their place; you struck down peoples and let our ancestors spread out. Their own swords did not win them the land; their own strength did not bring them rescue. Your right hand did it, your arm, and the shining of your face, because you took delight in them. You alone are my King, God; give the order for Jacob’s victories. Through you we gore our enemies like a bull; through your name we stamp down those who attack us. I do not rely on my own bow, and my sword cannot save me. No, it is you who rescued us from our enemies and put to shame those who hate us. God has been our boast the whole day long, and to your name we will give praise for all time. Selah Yet you have thrown us aside and disgraced us; you do not go into battle with our troops. You made us retreat before the enemy, and those who hate us have helped themselves to our goods. You hand us over like sheep to be eaten, and you have spread us out among the nations. You sell off your own people for next to nothing; their price has not made you any richer. You have made us a disgrace in the eyes of our neighbors, a joke and a laughingstock to all around us. You have turned our name into a proverb among the nations; the peoples shake their heads at us. All day long I see my disgrace, and shame is written over my face, because of the voice of those who taunt and mock, because of the sight of the enemy bent on revenge. All this has fallen on us, yet we have not put you out of mind or broken faith with your covenant. Our hearts have not turned away, and our feet have not wandered from your road, yet you have crushed us in a place where only jackals live, and wrapped us in deathly darkness. Had we forgotten our God’s name, or lifted our hands in prayer to a foreign god, would not God have searched it out? For he knows what is hidden in the heart. Because we belong to you, we are being killed all day long; we are looked on as sheep marked for the butcher. Wake up, Lord! Why are you sleeping? Rise from your sleep! Do not cast us off forever! Why do you turn your face away and forget how we suffer and are oppressed? We are bowed down into the dust; our bodies are pressed flat against the ground. Rise up and come to our help! Set us free because of your loyal love.
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