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Holman Christian Standard Bible

Psalms 44 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Israel’s Complaint

1. God, we have heard with our ears —our ancestors have told us —the work You accomplished in their days,in days long ago:

2. to plant them,You drove out the nations with Your hand;to settle them,You crushed the peoples.

3. 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,for You were pleased with them.

4. You are my King, my God,who ordains victories for Jacob.

5. Through You we drive back our foes;through Your name we trample our enemies.

6. For I do not trust in my bow,and my sword does not bring me victory.

7. But You give us victory over our foesand let those who hate us be disgraced.

8. We boast in God all day long;we will praise Your name forever. Selah

9. But You have rejected and humiliated us;You do not march out with our armies.

10. You make us retreat from the foe,and those who hate ushave taken plunder for themselves.

11. You hand us over to be eaten like sheepand scatter us among the nations.

12. You sell Your people for nothing;You make no profit from selling them.

13. You make us an object of reproach to our neighbors,a source of mockery and ridicule to those around us.

14. You make us a joke among the nations,a laughingstock among the peoples.

15. My disgrace is before me all day long,and shame has covered my face,

16. because of the voice of the scorner and reviler,because of the enemy and avenger.

17. All this has happened to us,but we have not forgotten Youor betrayed Your covenant.

18. Our hearts have not turned back;our steps have not strayed from Your path.

19. But You have crushed us in a haunt of jackalsand have covered us with deepest darkness.

20. If we had forgotten the name of our Godand spread out our hands to a foreign god,

21. wouldn’t God have found this out,since He knows the secrets of the heart?

22. Because of You we are slain all day long;we are counted as sheep to be slaughtered.

23. Wake up, Lord! Why are You sleeping?Get up! Don’t reject us forever!

24. Why do You hide Yourselfand forget our affliction and oppression?

25. For we have sunk down to the dust;our bodies cling to the ground.

26. Rise up! Help us!Redeem us because of Your faithful love.