{"book":"Psalms","slug":"psalms","ch":44,"genre":"poetry","sub":"The Book of Psalms","prev":"psalms/43","next":"psalms/45","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"1 We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us the work You did in their days, in the days of old.","f":["Maskil is probably a musical or liturgical term; used for Psalms 32, 42, 44–45, 52–55, 74, 78, 88–89, and 142."],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"1 We have heard with our ears, O God;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"our fathers have told us"},{"style":"indent1","t":"the work You did in their days,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"in the days of old."}],"h":"Redeem Us, O God","style":"pshdg"},{"v":2,"t":"With Your hand You drove out the nations and planted [our fathers] there; You crushed the peoples and cast them out.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"With Your hand You drove out the nations"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and planted [our fathers] there;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"You crushed the peoples"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and cast them out."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":3,"t":"For it was not by their sword that they took the land; their arm did not bring them victory. It was by Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face, because You favored them.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For it was not by their sword that they took the land;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"their arm did not bring them victory."},{"style":"indent1","t":"It was by Your right hand,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Your arm, and the light of Your face,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"because You favored them."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":4,"t":"You are my King, O God, who ordains victories for Jacob.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"You are my King, O God,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"who ordains victories for Jacob."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":5,"t":"Through You we repel our foes; through Your name we trample our enemies.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Through You we repel our foes;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"through Your name we trample our enemies."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":6,"t":"For I do not trust in my bow, nor does my sword save me.","f":["Or give me victory; similarly in verse 7"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For I do not trust in my bow,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"nor does my sword save me."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":7,"t":"For You save us from our enemies; You put those who hate us to shame.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For You save us from our enemies;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"You put those who hate us to shame."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":8,"t":"In God we have boasted all day long, and Your name we will praise forever. Selah","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"In God we have boasted all day long,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and Your name we will praise forever."},{"style":"selah","t":"Selah"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":9,"t":"But You have rejected and humbled us; You no longer go forth with our armies.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"But You have rejected and humbled us;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"You no longer go forth with our armies."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":10,"t":"You have made us retreat from the foe, and those who hate us have plundered us.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"You have made us retreat from the foe,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and those who hate us have plundered us."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":11,"t":"You have given us up as sheep to be devoured; You have scattered us among the nations.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"You have given us up as sheep to be devoured;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"You have scattered us among the nations."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":12,"t":"You sell Your people for nothing; no profit do You gain from their sale.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"You sell Your people for nothing;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"no profit do You gain from their sale."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":13,"t":"You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and derision to those around us.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"You have made us a reproach to our neighbors,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"a mockery and derision to those around us."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":14,"t":"You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.","f":["Literally a shaking of the head"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"You have made us a byword among the nations,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"a laughingstock among the peoples."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":15,"t":"All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"All day long my disgrace is before me,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and shame has covered my face,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":16,"t":"at the voice of the scorner and reviler, because of the enemy, bent on revenge.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"at the voice of the scorner and reviler,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"because of the enemy, bent on revenge."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":17,"t":"All this has come upon us, though we have not forgotten You or betrayed Your covenant.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"All this has come upon us,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"though we have not forgotten You"},{"style":"indent2","t":"or betrayed Your covenant."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":18,"t":"Our hearts have not turned back; our steps have not strayed from Your path.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Our hearts have not turned back;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"our steps have not strayed from Your path."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":19,"t":"But You have crushed us in the lair of jackals; You have covered us with deepest darkness.","f":["Or serpents or dragons"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"But You have crushed us in the lair of jackals;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"You have covered us with deepest darkness."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":20,"t":"If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"If we had forgotten the name of our God"},{"style":"indent2","t":"or spread out our hands to a foreign god,"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":21,"t":"would not God have discovered, since He knows the secrets of the heart?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"would not God have discovered,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"since He knows the secrets of the heart?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":22,"t":"Yet for Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.","f":["Cited in Romans 8:36"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Yet for Your sake we face death all day long;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":23,"t":"Wake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping? Arise! Do not reject us forever.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Wake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Arise! Do not reject us forever."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":24,"t":"Why do You hide Your face and forget our affliction and oppression?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Why do You hide Your face"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and forget our affliction and oppression?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":25,"t":"For our soul has sunk to the dust; our bodies cling to the earth.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For our soul has sunk to the dust;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"our bodies cling to the earth."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":26,"t":"Rise up; be our help! Redeem us on account of Your loving devotion.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Rise up; be our help!"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Redeem us on account of Your loving devotion."}],"style":"indent1"}],"superscription":"For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah."}