Psalms 44 — T4T
A psalm written by one of the descendants of Korah for the choir director
44Verse 1God, we ourselves have heardwhat our parents and grandparents told us.They told us about the miraclesthat you performed long ago.Verse 2They told us how you expelled the ungodly peopleand enabled us to live in their land.They told us that you punished those ungodly peopleand enabled your own people to prosper [IDM].Verse 3It was not by using their own swords that they conquered the people that lived in that land,and it was not by their own power that they were victorious;it was only by your power [MTY, DOU] that they did those things;and they were sure that you were with them,and that showed that you were pleased with them.Verse 4You are my King and my God;it is you who enable us, your people [MTY], to defeat our enemies.Verse 5It is by your power that we knock our enemies down and tramp on them.
Verse 6I do not trust that I will be savedby using my bow and arrows and my sword.Verse 7No, it is you who have rescued us from our enemies,it is you who have caused those who hate us to become ashamed because they were defeated.Verse 8We have continually boasted about what God has done for us,and we will thank him [MTY] forever.(Think about that!)Verse 9But now you have rejected us and caused us to be disgraced;when our armies march out to fight a battle, you no longer go with them.Verse 10You have caused us to run away from our enemies,with the result that they captured the things that belonged to us.Verse 11You have allowed us to become like [MET] sheep that were ready to be slaughtered;you scattered us far away among other nations.Verse 12It is as though [MET] you sold us, your people, to our enemies for a very small price,and you did not gain much profit from selling us!Verse 13People who live in nations near us make fun of us;they laugh at us and deride/belittle us.Verse 14They make jokes using the name of our country,they shake their heads to indicate that they despise us.Verse 15All day I feel disgraced;from seeing my face, people know that I am ashamed.Verse 16I hear what those who sneer at me and revile me say;I am ashamed in front of my enemies and those who want to harm me.Verse 17All these things have happened to useven though we have not forgotten you,
and we are not the ones who disobeyed the agreement you made with our ancestors.Verse 18We have not stopped being loyal to you,and we have not stopped doing what you want us to do [IDM].Verse 19But it is as though you have allowed us to be helpless among wild animals,and abandoned us in a deep dark ravine.Verse 20If we had forgotten to worship [MTY] our God,or if we had spread out our hands to worship a foreign god,Verse 21you certainly would have known that,because you know even what we secretly think.Verse 22But it is because we belong to you,that our enemies are constantly killing us.They act toward us as though we were only sheep to be slaughtered.Verse 23So, Yahweh, arise! Why are you asleep [RHQ]?Get up! Do not reject us forever!Verse 24Why are you not looking at us?Why are you forgetting that we are suffering and being oppressed by our enemies?Verse 25We are pushed down to the groundand we cannot get up.Verse 26Arise, and come and help us!Rescue us because you faithfully love us!