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Psalm 44  Legacy Standard Bible

Rise Up, Be Our Help

For the choir director. Of the sons of Korah. A [a]Maskil.

44 O God, we have heard with our ears,
Our (A)fathers have recounted to us
The (B)work that You did in their days,
In the (C)days of old.
2 You with Your own hand (D)dispossessed the nations;
Then You (E)planted them;
You (F)afflicted the peoples,
Then You (G)cast them out.
3 For by their own sword they (H)did not possess the land,
And their own arm did not save them,
But Your right hand and Your (I)arm and the (J)light of Your presence,
For You (K)favored them.

4 You are (L)my King, O God;
(M)Command [b]salvation for Jacob.
5 Through You we will (N)push back our adversaries;
Through Your name we will (O)tread down those who rise up against us.
6 For I will (P)not trust in my bow,
And my sword will not save me.
7 But You (Q)have saved us from our adversaries,
And You have (R)put to shame those who hate us.
8 In God we have (S)boasted all day long,
And we will (T)give thanks to Your name forever. [c]Selah.

9 Yet You (U)have rejected us and brought us to (V)dishonor,
And (W)do not go out with our armies.
10 You cause us to (X)turn back from the adversary;
And those who hate us (Y)have plundered us for themselves.
11 You give us as (Z)sheep [d]to be eaten
And have (AA)scattered us among the nations.
12 You (AB)sell Your people [e]for no amount,
And You have not [f]profited from their price.
13 You make us a (AC)reproach to our neighbors,
A mockery and a (AD)derision to those around us.
14 You make us (AE)a byword among the nations,
A [g](AF)laughingstock among the peoples.
15 All day long my dishonor is before me
And [h]the (AG)shame of my face has covered me,
16 Because of the voice of him who (AH)reproaches and reviles,
Because of the presence of the (AI)enemy and the avenger.

17 All this has come upon us, but we have (AJ)not forgotten You,
And we have not (AK)dealt falsely with Your covenant.
18 Our heart has not (AL)turned back,
Nor have our steps (AM)deviated from Your path,
19 Yet You have (AN)crushed us in a place of (AO)jackals
And covered us with (AP)the shadow of death.

20 If we had (AQ)forgotten the name of our God
Or spread our [i]hands to (AR)a strange god,
21 Would not God (AS)find this out?
For He knows the secrets of the heart.
22 But (AT)for Your sake we are killed all day long;
We are counted as (AU)sheep for the slaughter.
23 (AV)Arouse Yourself, why (AW)do You sleep, O Lord?
Awake, (AX)do not reject us forever.
24 Why do You (AY)hide Your face
And (AZ)forget our affliction and our oppression?
25 For our (BA)soul has sunk down into the dust;
Our [j]body cleaves to the earth.
26 (BB)Rise up, be our help,
And (BC)redeem us for the sake of Your lovingkindness.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 44 Title Possibly Contemplative, Didactic, Skillful Psalm
  2. Psalm 44:4 Lit salvations
  3. Psalm 44:8 Selah may mean Pause, Crescendo, Musical Interlude
  4. Psalm 44:11 Lit for food
  5. Psalm 44:12 Lit for no wealth
  6. Psalm 44:12 Or set a high price on them
  7. Psalm 44:14 Lit shaking of the head
  8. Psalm 44:15 Or humiliation
  9. Psalm 44:20 Lit palms
  10. Psalm 44:25 Lit womb, stomach

Cross references

  1. Psalm 44:1 : Ex 12:26, 27; Deut 6:20; Judg 6:13; Ps 78:3
  2. Psalm 44:1 : Ps 78:12
  3. Psalm 44:1 : Deut 32:7; Ps 77:5; Is 51:9; 63:9
  4. Psalm 44:2 : Josh 3:10; Neh 9:24; Ps 78:55; 80:8
  5. Psalm 44:2 : Ex 15:17; 2 Sam 7:10; Jer 24:6; Amos 9:15
  6. Psalm 44:2 : Ps 135:10-12
  7. Psalm 44:2 : Ps 80:9-11; Zech 2:6
  8. Psalm 44:3 : Deut 8:17, 18; Josh 24:12
  9. Psalm 44:3 : Ps 77:15
  10. Psalm 44:3 : Ps 4:6; 89:15
  11. Psalm 44:3 : Deut 4:37; 7:7, 8; 10:15; Ps 106:4
  12. Psalm 44:4 : Ps 74:12
  13. Psalm 44:4 : Ps 42:8
  14. Psalm 44:5 : Deut 33:17; Ps 60:12; Dan 8:4
  15. Psalm 44:5 : Ps 108:13; Zech 10:5
  16. Psalm 44:6 : 1 Sam 17:47; Ps 33:16; Hos 1:7
  17. Psalm 44:7 : Ps 136:24
  18. Psalm 44:7 : Ps 53:5
  19. Psalm 44:8 : Ps 34:2
  20. Psalm 44:8 : Ps 30:12
  21. Psalm 44:9 : Ps 43:2; 60:1, 10; 74:1; 89:38; 108:11
  22. Psalm 44:9 : Ps 69:19
  23. Psalm 44:9 : Ps 60:10; 108:11
  24. Psalm 44:10 : Lev 26:17; Josh 7:8, 12; Ps 89:43
  25. Psalm 44:10 : Ps 89:41
  26. Psalm 44:11 : Ps 44:22; Rom 8:36
  27. Psalm 44:11 : Lev 26:33; Deut 4:27; 28:64; Ps 106:27; Ezek 20:23
  28. Psalm 44:12 : Deut 32:30; Judg 2:14; 3:8; Is 52:3, 4; Jer 15:13
  29. Psalm 44:13 : Deut 28:37; Ps 79:4; 89:41
  30. Psalm 44:13 : Ps 80:6; Ezek 23:32
  31. Psalm 44:14 : Job 17:6; Ps 69:11; Jer 24:9
  32. Psalm 44:14 : 2 Kin 19:21; Ps 109:25
  33. Psalm 44:15 : 2 Chr 32:21; Ps 69:7
  34. Psalm 44:16 : Ps 74:10
  35. Psalm 44:16 : Ps 8:2
  36. Psalm 44:17 : Ps 78:7; 119:61, 83, 109, 141, 153, 176
  37. Psalm 44:17 : Ps 78:57
  38. Psalm 44:18 : Ps 78:57
  39. Psalm 44:18 : Job 23:11; Ps 119:51, 157
  40. Psalm 44:19 : Ps 51:8; 94:5
  41. Psalm 44:19 : Job 30:29; Is 13:22; Jer 9:11
  42. Psalm 44:19 : Job 3:5; Ps 23:4
  43. Psalm 44:20 : Ps 78:11
  44. Psalm 44:20 : Deut 6:14; Ps 81:9
  45. Psalm 44:21 : Ps 139:1, 2; Jer 17:10
  46. Psalm 44:22 : Rom 8:36
  47. Psalm 44:22 : Is 53:7; Jer 12:3
  48. Psalm 44:23 : Ps 7:6
  49. Psalm 44:23 : Ps 78:65
  50. Psalm 44:23 : Ps 77:7
  51. Psalm 44:24 : Job 13:24; Ps 88:14
  52. Psalm 44:24 : Ps 42:9; Lam 5:20
  53. Psalm 44:25 : Ps 119:25
  54. Psalm 44:26 : Ps 35:2
  55. Psalm 44:26 : Ps 6:4; 25:22
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