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Psalm 44

The Message Bible MSG

1 We've been hearing about this, God, all our lives. Our fathers told us the stories their fathers told them,

2 How single-handedly you weeded out the godless from the fields and planted us, How you sent those people packing but gave us a fresh start.

3 We didn't fight for this land; we didn't work for it - it was a gift! You gave it, smiling as you gave it, delighting as you gave it.

4 You're my King, O God - command victories for Jacob!

5 With your help we'll wipe out our enemies, in your name we'll stomp them to dust.

6 I don't trust in weapons; my sword won't save me -

7 But it's you, you who saved us from the enemy; you made those who hate us lose face.

8 All day we parade God's praise - we thank you by name over and over.

9 But now you've walked off and left us, you've disgraced us and won't fight for us.

10 You made us turn tail and run; those who hate us have cleaned us out.

11 You delivered us as sheep to the butcher, you scattered us to the four winds.

12 You sold your people at a discount - you made nothing on the sale.

13 You made people on the street, urchins, poke fun and call us names.

14 You made us a joke among the godless, a cheap joke among the rabble.

15 Every day I'm up against it, my nose rubbed in my shame -

16 Gossip and ridicule fill the air, people out to get me crowd the street.

17 All this came down on us, and we've done nothing to deserve it.

18 our hearts were never false, our feet never left your path.

19 Do we deserve torture in a den of jackals? or lockup in a black hole?

20 If we had forgotten to pray to our God or made fools of ourselves with store-bought gods,

21 Wouldn't God have figured this out? We can't hide things from him.

22 No, you decided to make us martyrs, lambs assigned for sacrifice each day.

23 Get up, God! Are you going to sleep all day? Wake up! Don't you care what happens to us?

24 Why do you bury your face in the pillow? Why pretend things are just fine with us?

25 And here we are - flat on our faces in the dirt, held down with a boot on our necks.

26 Get up and come to our rescue. If you love us so much, Help us!

World English Bible WEB

1 <<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 their days, In the days of old.

2 You drove out the nations with your hand, But you planted them. You afflicted the peoples, But you spread them abroad.

3 For they didn't get the land in possession by their own sword, Neither did their own arm save them; But your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your face, Because you were favorable to them.

4 You are my King, God. Command victories for Jacob!

5 Through you, will we push down our adversaries. Through your name, will we tread them under who rise up against us.

6 For I will not trust in my bow, Neither shall my sword save me.

7 But you have saved us from our adversaries, And have put them to shame who hate us.

8 In God have we made our boast all day long, We will give thanks to your name forever. Selah.

9 But now you rejected us, and brought us to dishonor, And don't go out with our armies.

10 You make us turn back from the adversary. Those who hate us take spoil for themselves.

11 You have made us like sheep for food, And have scattered us among the nations.

12 You sell your people for nothing, And have gained nothing from their sale.

13 You make us a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and a derision to those who are round about us.

14 You make us a byword among the nations, A shaking of the head among the peoples.

15 All day long is my dishonor before me, And shame covers my face,

16 At the taunt of one who reproaches and reviles, Because of the enemy and the avenger.

17 All this has come on us, Yet have we not forgotten you, Neither have we been false to your covenant.

18 Our heart has not turned back, Neither have our steps declined from your way,

19 That you have crushed us in the haunt of jackals, And covered us with the shadow of death.

20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, Or spread forth our hands to a strange god;

21 Won't God search this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart.

22 Yes, for your sake are we killed all day long. We are regarded as sheep for the slaughter.

23 Wake up! Why do you sleep, Lord? Arise! Don't reject us forever.

24 Why do you hide your face, And forget our affliction and our oppression?

25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust. Our body cleaves to the earth.

26 Rise up to help us. Redeem us for your lovingkindness' sake.