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Oh Dios, con nuestros oídos hemos oído, nuestros padres nos han contado la obra que hiciste en sus días, en los tiempos antiguos.
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Tú con tu mano echaste fuera las naciones, y a ellos los plantaste. Afligiste a los pueblos, y a ellos los hiciste crecer.
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Pues no por su espada tomaron posesión de la tierra, ni su brazo los salvó, sino tu diestra y tu brazo, y la luz de tu presencia, porque te complaciste en ellos.
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Tú eres mi rey, oh Dios; manda victorias a Jacob.
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Contigo rechazaremos a nuestros adversarios; en tu nombre hollaremos a los que contra nosotros se levanten.
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Porque yo no confiaré en mi arco, ni me salvará mi espada;
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pues tú nos has salvado de nuestros adversarios, y has avergonzado a los que nos aborrecen.
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En Dios nos hemos gloriado todo el día, y por siempre alabaremos tu nombre. (Selah)
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Sin embargo, tú nos has rechazado y nos has confundido, y no sales con nuestros ejércitos.
To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil. It is not certain who was the writer of this psalm, nor when it was written, and to what time it belongs: some have thought it was composed by one of the Babylonish captivity, and that it gives an account of the church and people of God in those times; but what is said in Psalm 44:17 does not seem to agree with Daniel 9:5. It is most likely it was written by David, and to him the Targum ascribes it; though it does not respect his times; since what is said in Psalm 44:9 cannot agree with them; yet he being a prophet might, under a prophetic influence, speak of future times, and represent the church in them. Some are of opinion that he prophetically speaks of the times of the Maccabees and of Antiochus, when the church and people of God suffered much for the true religion, and abode steadfast in it; so Theodoret: but rather the whole may be applied to the times of the New Testament, since Psalm 44:22 is cited by the Apostle Paul, Romans 8:36, and is applied to his times, and as descriptive of the suffering state and condition of the church then; and which seems to be the guide and key for the opening of the whole psalm.