Psalms Chapter 44

• Psalms 44:1
  Psalms.
• Psalms 44:2
  For the Chief Musician. By the sons of Korah. A contemplative psalm. We have heard with our ears, God; our fathers have told us what work you did in t...
• Psalms 44:3
  You drove out the nations with your hand, but you planted them. You afflicted the peoples, but you spread them abroad.
• Psalms 44:4
  For they didn’t get the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them; but your right hand, your arm, and the light of yo...
• Psalms 44:5
  God, you are my King. Command victories for Jacob!
• Psalms 44:6
  Through you, we will push down our adversaries. Through your name, we will tread down those who rise up against us.
• Psalms 44:7
  For I will not trust in my bow, neither will my sword save me.
• Psalms 44:8
  But you have saved us from our adversaries, and have shamed those who hate us.
• Psalms 44:9
  In God we have made our boast all day long. We will give thanks to your name forever. Selah.
• Psalms 44:10
  But now you rejected us, and brought us to dishonor, and don’t go out with our armies.
• Psalms 44:11
  You make us turn back from the adversary. Those who hate us take plunder for themselves.
• Psalms 44:12
  You have made us like sheep for food, and have scattered us among the nations.
• Psalms 44:13
  You sell your people for nothing, and have gained nothing from their sale.
• Psalms 44:14
  You make us a reproach to our neighbors, a scoffing and a derision to those who are around us.
• Psalms 44:15
  You make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.
• Psalms 44:16
  All day long my dishonor is before me, and shame covers my face,
• Psalms 44:17
  at the taunt of one who reproaches and verbally abuses, because of the enemy and the avenger.
• Psalms 44:18
  All this has come on us, yet we haven’t forgotten you. We haven’t been false to your covenant.
• Psalms 44:19
  Our heart has not turned back, neither have our steps strayed from your path,
• Psalms 44:20
  though you have crushed us in the haunt of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.
• Psalms 44:21
  If we have forgotten the name of our God, or spread out our hands to a strange god,
• Psalms 44:22
  won’t God search this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart.
• Psalms 44:23
  Yes, for your sake we are killed all day long. We are regarded as sheep for the slaughter.
• Psalms 44:24
  Wake up! Why do you sleep, Lord? Arise! Don’t reject us forever.
• Psalms 44:25
  Why do you hide your face, and forget our affliction and our oppression?
• Psalms 44:26
  For our soul is bowed down to the dust. Our body clings to the earth.
• Psalms 44:27
  Rise up to help us. Redeem us for your loving kindness’ sake.