Chapter 44
(Romans 8:35–39)
1 For the choirmaster. A Maskil1 of the sons of Korah. 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.
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- Maskil is probably a musical or liturgical term; used for Psalms 32, 42, 44–45, 52–55, 74, 78, 88–89, and 142.
2 With Your hand You drove out the nations and planted our fathers there; You crushed the peoples and cast them out.
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3 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.
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4 You are my King, O God, who ordains victories for Jacob.
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5 Through You we repel our foes; through Your name we trample our enemies.
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6 For I do not trust in my bow, nor does my sword save me.1
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- Or give me victory; similarly in verse 7
7 For You save us from our enemies; You put those who hate us to shame.
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8 In God we have boasted all day long, and Your name we will praise forever. Selah
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9 But You have rejected and humbled us; You no longer go forth with our armies.
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10 You have made us retreat from the foe, and those who hate us have plundered us.
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11 You have given us up as sheep to be devoured; You have scattered us among the nations.
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12 You sell Your people for nothing; no profit do You gain from their sale.
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13 You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and derision to those around us.
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14 You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock1 among the peoples.
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- Literally a shaking of the head
15 All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face,
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16 at the voice of the scorner and reviler, because of the enemy, bent on revenge.
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17 All this has come upon us, though we have not forgotten You or betrayed Your covenant.
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18 Our hearts have not turned back; our steps have not strayed from Your path.
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19 But You have crushed us in the lair of jackals;1 You have covered us with deepest darkness.
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- Or serpents or dragons
20 If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,
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21 would not God have discovered, since He knows the secrets of the heart?
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22 Yet for Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.1
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- Cited in Romans 8:36
23 Wake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping? Arise! Do not reject us forever.
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24 Why do You hide Your face and forget our affliction and oppression?
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25 For our soul has sunk to the dust; our bodies cling to the earth.
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26 Rise up; be our help! Redeem us on account of Your loving devotion.
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