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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.

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 for ever.
          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 taken spoil for themselves.