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Psalm 44

National Lament and Prayer for Help

To the leader. Of the Korahites. A Maskil.
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.

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 taken spoil for themselves.
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.

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