2.3 KiB
Psalm 44Israel's Complaint
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God, we have heard with our ears-- our ancestors have told us-- the work you accomplished in their days, in days long ago:
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In order to plant them, you displaced the nations by your hand; in order to settle them, you brought disaster on the peoples.
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For they did not take the land by their sword-- their arm did not bring them victory-- but by your right hand, your arm, and the light of your face, because you were favorable toward them.
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You are my King, my God, who ordains victories for Jacob.
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Through you we drive back our foes; through your name we trample our enemies.
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For I do not trust in my bow, and my sword does not bring me victory.
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But you give us victory over our foes and let those who hate us be disgraced.
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We boast in God all day long; we will praise your name forever.Selah
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But you have rejected and humiliated us; you do not march out with our armies.
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You make us retreat from the foe, and those who hate us have taken plunder for themselves.
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You hand us over to be eaten like sheep and scatter us among the nations.
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You sell your people for nothing; you make no profit from selling them.
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You make us an object of reproach to our neighbors, a source of mockery and ridicule to those around us.
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You make us a joke among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.
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My disgrace is before me all day long, and shame has covered my face,
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because of the taunts of the scorner and reviler, because of the enemy and avenger.
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All this has happened to us, but we have not forgotten you or betrayed your covenant.
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Our hearts have not turned back; our steps have not strayed from your path.
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But you have crushed us in a haunt of jackals and have covered us with deepest darkness.
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If we had forgotten the name of our God and spread out our hands to a foreign god,
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wouldn't God have found this out, since he knows the secrets of the heart?
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Because of you we are being put to death all day long; we are counted as sheep to be slaughtered.
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Wake up, Lord! Why are you sleeping? Get up! Don't reject us forever!
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Why do you hide and forget our affliction and oppression?
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For we have sunk down to the dust; our bodies cling to the ground.
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Rise up! Help us! Redeem us because of your faithful love.