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Psalm 44

New Revised Standard NRS

1 We have heard with our ears, O God, our ancestors have told us, what deeds you performed in their days, in the days of old:

2 you with your own hand drove out the nations, but them you planted; you afflicted the peoples, but them you set free;

3 for not by their own sword did they win the land, nor did their own arm give them victory; but your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your countenance, for you delighted in them.

4 You are my King and my God; you command victories for Jacob.

5 Through you we push down our foes; through your name we tread down our assailants.

6 For not in my bow do I trust, nor can my sword save me.

7 But you have saved us from our foes, and have put to confusion those who hate us.

8 In God we have boasted continually, and we will give thanks to your name forever. (Selah)

9 Yet you have rejected us and abased us, and have not gone out with our armies.

10 You made us turn back from the foe, and our enemies have gotten spoil.

11 You have made us like sheep for slaughter, and have scattered us among the nations.

12 You have sold your people for a trifle, demanding no high price for them.

13 You have made us the taunt of our neighbors, the derision and scorn of those around us.

14 You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.

15 All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face

16 at the words of the taunters and revilers, at the sight of the enemy and the avenger.

17 All this has come upon us, yet we have not forgotten you, or been false to your covenant.

18 Our heart has not turned back, nor have our steps departed from your way,

19 yet you have broken us in the haunt of jackals, and covered us with deep darkness.

20 If we had forgotten the name of our God, or spread out our hands to a strange god,

21 would not God discover this? For he knows the secrets of the heart.

22 Because of you we are being killed all day long, and accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

23 Rouse yourself! Why do you sleep, O Lord? Awake, do not cast us off forever!

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

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

26 Rise up, come to our help. Redeem us for the sake of your steadfast love.

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!