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