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44:1  For the director. A maskil of the sons of Korah.
44:2  O God, we have heard with our ears, our ancestors have told us, of the deeds you performed in their days, in the days of old.
44:3  To establish them in the land, you drove out the nations with your own hand; you crushed the peoples so that our ancestors could flourish.
44:4  It was not their own swords that won them the land, nor did their own arms make them victorious; rather, it was your right hand and your arm and the light of your face, because you loved them.
44:5  You are my King and my God, who bestowed victories upon Jacob.
44:6  Through you we throw back our enemies; through your name we crush our assailants.
44:7  It is not in my bow that I trust, nor can my sword ensure my victory.
44:8  It is you who saved us from our enemies; you scattered in confusion those who hate us.
44:9  In God we boast the whole day long, and we will praise your name forever. Selah
44:10  But now you have rejected and humiliated us, and you no longer accompany our armies.
44:11  You have forced us to retreat before the enemy; those who hate us plunder us unceasingly.
44:12  You have handed us over like sheep to be slaughtered and scattered us among the nations.
44:13  You have sold your people for nothing, receiving no gain from their sale.
44:14  You have subjected us to the contempt of our neighbors, to the mockery and scorn of all who are near.
44:15  You have made us a byword to the nations; the peoples shake their heads at us.
44:16  All day long I am confronted by my disgrace, and my face is covered with shame
44:17  as I hear the shouts of taunting and abuse and see the hateful enemy seeking revenge.
44:18  All this has happened to us even though we have not forgotten you or been false to your covenant.
44:19  Our hearts have not turned back, nor have our feet wandered from your path.
44:20  Yet you have crushed us, forced us to live among the jackals, and covered us with darkness.
44:21  If we had forgotten the name of our God or lifted up our hands to a foreign god,
44:22  would not God have discovered it, he who knows the secrets of the heart?
44:23  For your sake we are put to death all day long; we are treated like sheep destined to be slaughtered.
44:24  Awake, O Lord. Why do you sleep? Rise up, and do not abandon us forever.
44:25  Why do you hide your face and continue to ignore our misery and our sufferings?
44:26  We have been brought down to the dust; our bodies cling to the ground.