Psalms Chapter 44 (NIV)
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Psalm 44For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A maskil.We have heard with our ears, O God;our fathers have told uswhat you did in their days,in days long ago.
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With your hand you drove out the nationsand planted our fathers;you crushed the peoplesand made our fathers flourish.
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It was not by their sword that they won the land,nor did their arm bring them victory;it was your right hand, your arm,and the light of your face, for you loved them.
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You are my King and my God,who decrees victories for Jacob.
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Through you we push back our enemies;through your name we trample our foes.
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I do not trust in my bow,my sword does not bring me victory;
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but you give us victory over our enemies,you put our adversaries to shame.
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In God we make our boast all day long,and we will praise your name forever. Selah
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But now you have rejected and humbled us;you no longer go out with our armies.
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You made us retreat before the enemy,and our adversaries have plundered us.
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You gave us up to be devoured like sheepand have scattered us among the nations.
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You sold your people for a pittance,gaining nothing from their sale.
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You have made us a reproach to our neighbors,the scorn and derision of those around us.
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You have made us a byword among the nations;the peoples shake their heads at us.
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My disgrace is before me all day long,and my face is covered with shame
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at the taunts of those who reproach and revile me,because of the enemy, who is bent on revenge.
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All this happened to us,though we had not forgotten youor been false to your covenant.
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Our hearts had not turned back;our feet had not strayed from your path.
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But you crushed us and made us a haunt for jackalsand covered us over with deep darkness.
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If we had forgotten the name of our Godor spread out our hands to a foreign god,
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would not God have discovered it,since he knows the secrets of the heart?
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Yet for your sake we face death all day long;we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.
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Awake, O Lord! Why do you sleep?Rouse yourself! Do not reject us forever.
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Why do you hide your faceand forget our misery and oppression?
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We are brought down to the dust;our bodies cling to the ground.
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Rise up and help us;redeem us because of your unfailing love.
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