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Psalms 44

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Part of Book II📖 Psalms introduction

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1O God, we have heard it with our own ears— our ancestors have told us of all you did in their day, in days long ago: ✦ 2You drove out the pagan nations by your power and gave all the land to our ancestors. You crushed their enemies and set our ancestors free. ✦ 3They did not conquer the land with their swords; it was not their own strong arm that gave them victory. It was your right hand and strong arm and the blinding light from your face that helped them, for you loved them. ✦ 4You are my King and my God. You command victories for Israel. ✦ 5Only by your power can we push back our enemies; only in your name can we trample our foes. ✦ 6I do not trust in my bow; I do not count on my sword to save me. ✦ 7You are the one who gives us victory over our enemies; you disgrace those who hate us. ✦ 8O God, we give glory to you all day long and constantly praise your name. Interlude ✦ 9But now you have tossed us aside in dishonor. You no longer lead our armies to battle. ✦ 10You make us retreat from our enemies and allow those who hate us to plunder our land. ✦ 11You have butchered us like sheep and scattered us among the nations. ✦ 12You sold your precious people for a pittance, making nothing on the sale. ✦ 13You let our neighbors mock us. We are an object of scorn and derision to those around us. ✦ 14You have made us the butt of their jokes; they shake their heads at us in scorn. ✦ 15We can’t escape the constant humiliation; shame is written across our faces. ✦ 16All we hear are the taunts of our mockers. All we see are our vengeful enemies. ✦ 17All this has happened though we have not forgotten you. We have not violated your covenant. ✦ 18Our hearts have not deserted you. We have not strayed from your path. ✦ 19Yet you have crushed us in the jackal’s desert home. You have covered us with darkness and death. ✦ 20If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread our hands in prayer to foreign gods, ✦ 21God would surely have known it, for he knows the secrets of every heart. ✦ 22But for your sake we are killed every day; we are being slaughtered like sheep. ✦ 23Wake up, O Lord! Why do you sleep? Get up! Do not reject us forever. ✦ 24Why do you look the other way? Why do you ignore our suffering and oppression? ✦ 25We collapse in the dust, lying face down in the dirt. ✦ 26Rise up! Help us! Ransom us because of your unfailing love. ✦

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Where this chapter connects

Ps 74 ·10Ps 78 ·7Ps 89 ·6Ps 60 ·5Ps 42 ·5Ps 44 ·4Deut 28 ·4Josh 10 ·4

Christ at the center

The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.

How Psalms 44 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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    A clear ~10-minute audio teaching for every one of the Bible's 1,189 chapters — the most systematic free way to study chapter by chapter.

  • ★ Start hereCommentaryPsalms (Tyndale OT Commentaries)Derek Kidner · Paid · evangelical

    Concise, theologically rich, and wonderfully accessible — the best place to start on the Psalms.

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  • SermonChuck Smith — C2000 SeriesChuck Smith · Free · evangelical

    Free verse-by-verse audio through the entire Bible from the founder of Calvary Chapel.

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  • CommentaryEnduring Word — Psalms 44David Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical

    Readable, verse-by-verse exposition of the whole chapter.

  • CommentaryMatthew Henry on PsalmsMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical

    The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).

  • ReferenceBlue Letter Bible — Psalms 44Blue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

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