For the choirmaster. A Maskil + 44:1 Maskil is probably a musical or liturgical term; used for Psalms 32, 42, 44–45, 52–55, 74, 78, 88–89, and 142. of the sons of Korah.
441We have heard with our ears, God;our fathers have told us,what work you did in their days,in the days of old.+2You drove out the nations with your hand,but you planted them.You afflicted the peoples,but you spread them abroad.+3For 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.+4You are my King, God.Command victories for Jacob!+5Through you, will we push down our adversaries.Through your name, will we tread them under who rise up against us.+6For I will not trust in my bow,neither shall my sword save me.+7But you have saved us from our adversaries,and have shamed those who hate us.+8In God we have made our boast all day long,we will give thanks to your name forever. Selah.+9But now you rejected us, and brought us to dishonor,and don’t go out with our armies.+10You make us turn back from the adversary.Those who hate us take plunder for themselves.+11You have made us like sheep for food,and have scattered us among the nations.+12You sell your people for nothing,and have gained nothing from their sale.+13You make us a reproach to our neighbors,a scoffing and a derision to those who are around us.+14You make us a byword among the nations,a shaking of the head among the peoples.+15All day long my dishonor is before me,and shame covers my face,+16At the taunt of one who reproaches and verbally abuses,because of the enemy and the avenger.+17All this has come on us,yet have we not forgotten you,Neither have we been false to your covenant.+18Our heart has not turned back,neither have our steps strayed from your path,+19Though you have crushed us in the haunt of jackals,and covered us with the shadow of death.+20If we have forgotten the name of our God,or spread out our hands to a strange god;+21won’t God search this out?For he knows the secrets of the heart.+22Yes, for your sake we are killed all day long.We are regarded as sheep for the slaughter.+23Wake up!Why do you sleep, Lord?Arise!Don’t reject us forever.+24Why do you hide your face,and forget our affliction and our oppression?+25For our soul is bowed down to the dust.Our body clings to the earth.+26Rise up to help us.Redeem us for your loving kindness’ sake.+Footnotes (1)
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