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Psalms 44

Jewish Publication Society 1917 · Berean Standard Bible

44:1

For the Leader; [a Psalm] of the sons of Korah. Maschil.

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44:2

O God, we have heard with our ears, our fathers have told us; a work Thou didst in their days, in the days of old.

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44:3

Thou with Thy hand didst drive out the nations, and didst plant them in; Thou didst break the peoples, and didst spread them abroad.

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44:4

For not by their own sword did they get the land in possession, Neither did their own arm save them; but Thy right hand, and Thine arm, and the light of Thy countenance, because Thou wast favourable unto them.

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44:5

Thou art my King, O God; command the salvation of Jacob.

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44:6

Through Thee do we push down our adversaries; through Thy name do we tread them under that rise up against us.

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44:7

For I trust not in my bow, neither can my sword save me.

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44:8

But Thou hast saved us from our adversaries, and hast put them to shame that hate us.

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44:9

In God have we gloried all the day, and we will give thanks unto Thy name for ever. Selah

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44:10

Yet Thou hast cast off, and brought us to confusion; and goest not forth with our hosts.

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44:11

Thou makest us to turn back from the adversary; and they that hate us spoil at their will.

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44:12

Thou hast given us like sheep to be eaten; and hast scattered us among the nations.

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44:13

Thou sellest Thy people for small gain, and hast not set their prices high.

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44:14

Thou makest us a taunt to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.

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44:15

Thou makest us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.

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44:16

All the day is my confusion before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,

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44:17

For the voice of him that taunteth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and the revengeful.

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44:18

All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten Thee, neither have we been false to Thy covenant.

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44:19

Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from Thy path;

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44:20

Though Thou hast crushed us into a place of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.

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44:21

If we had forgotten the name of our God, or spread forth our hands to a strange god; .

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44:22

Would not God search this out? For He knoweth the secrets of the heart.

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44:23

Nay, but for Thy sake are we killed all the day; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

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44:24

Awake, why sleepest Thou, O Lord? Arouse Thyself, cast not off for ever.

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44:25

Wherefore hidest Thou Thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?

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44:26

For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our belly cleaveth unto the earth.

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44:27

Arise for our help, and redeem us for Thy mercy's sake.

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