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Psalms 44 (CEV)

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¹ (A special psalm for the people of Korah and for the music leader.) Our God, our ancestors told us what wonders you worked and we listened carefully. ² You chased off the nations by causing them trouble with your powerful arm. Then you let our ancestors take over their land. ³ Their strength and weapons were not what won the land and gave them victory! You loved them and fought with your powerful arm and your shining glory. ⁴ You are my God and King, and you give victory to the people of Jacob. ⁵ By your great power, we knocked our enemies down and stomped on them. ⁶ I don't depend on my arrows or my sword to save me. ⁷ But you saved us from our hateful enemies, and you put them to shame. ⁸ We boast about you, our God, and we are always grateful. ⁹ But now you have rejected us; you don't lead us into battle, and we look foolish. ¹⁰ You made us retreat, and our enemies have taken everything we own. ¹¹ You let us be slaughtered like sheep, and you scattered us among the nations. ¹² You sold your people for little or nothing, and you earned no profit. ¹³ You made us look foolish to our neighbors, and people who live nearby insult us and sneer. ¹⁴ Foreigners joke about us and shake their heads. ¹⁵ I am embarrassed every day, and I blush with shame. ¹⁶ But others mock and sneer, as they watch my enemies take revenge on me. ¹⁷ All of this has happened to us, though we didn't forget you or break our agreement. ¹⁸ We always kept you in mind and followed your teaching. ¹⁹ But you crushed us, and you covered us with deepest darkness where wild animals live. ²⁰ We did not forget you or lift our hands in prayer to foreign gods. ²¹ You would have known it because you discover every secret thought. ²² We face death all day for you. We are like sheep on their way to be slaughtered. ²³ Wake up! Do something, Lord! Why are you sleeping? Don't desert us forever. ²⁴ Why do you keep looking away? Don't forget our sufferings and all of our troubles. ²⁵ We are flat on the ground, holding on to the dust. ²⁶ Do something! Help us! Show how kind you are and come to our rescue.