Psalm 44-45

Devotionals, Articles, and Bible Study Resources on Psalm 44-45

1We have heard with our ears, O God;
our fathers have told us
the work You did in their days,
in the days of old.
2With Your hand You drove out the nations
and planted our fathers there;
You crushed the peoples
and cast them out.
3For 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.
4You are my King, O God,
who ordains victories for Jacob.
5Through You we repel our foes;
through Your name we trample our enemies.
6For I do not trust in my bow,
nor does my sword save me.
7For You save us from our enemies;
You put those who hate us to shame.
8In God we have boasted all day long,
and Your name we will praise forever.
9But You have rejected and humbled us;
You no longer go forth with our armies.
10You have made us retreat from the foe,
and those who hate us have plundered us.
11You have given us up as sheep to be devoured;
You have scattered us among the nations.
12You sell Your people for nothing;
no profit do You gain from their sale.
13You have made us a reproach to our neighbors,
a mockery and derision to those around us.
14You have made us a byword among the nations,
a laughingstock among the peoples.
15All day long my disgrace is before me,
and shame has covered my face,
16at the voice of the scorner and reviler,
because of the enemy, bent on revenge.
17All this has come upon us,
though we have not forgotten You
or betrayed Your covenant.
18Our hearts have not turned back;
our steps have not strayed from Your path.
19But You have crushed us in the lair of jackals;
You have covered us with deepest darkness.
20If we had forgotten the name of our God
or spread out our hands to a foreign god,
21would not God have discovered,
since He knows the secrets of the heart?
22Yet for Your sake we face death all day long;
we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.
23Wake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping?
Arise! Do not reject us forever.
24Why do You hide Your face
and forget our affliction and oppression?
25For our soul has sunk to the dust;
our bodies cling to the earth.
26Rise up; be our help!
Redeem us on account of Your loving devotion.
1My heart is stirred by a noble theme
as I recite my verses to the king;
my tongue is the pen of a skillful writer.
2You are the most handsome of men;
grace has anointed your lips,
since God has blessed you forever.
3Strap your sword at your side, O mighty warrior;
appear in your majesty and splendor.
4In your splendor ride forth in victory
on behalf of truth and humility and justice;
may your right hand show your awesome deeds.
5Your arrows pierce the hearts of the king’s foes;
the nations fall beneath your feet.
6Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever,
and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.
7You have loved righteousness
and hated wickedness;
therefore God, your God, has anointed you
above your companions with the oil of joy.
8All your garments are fragrant
with myrrh and aloes and cassia;
from palaces of ivory the harps make you glad.
9The daughters of kings are among your honored women;
the queen stands at your right hand,
adorned with the gold of Ophir.
10Listen, O daughter! Consider and incline your ear:
Forget your people and your father’s house,
11and the king will desire your beauty;
bow to him, for he is your lord.
12The Daughter of Tyre will come with a gift;
men of wealth will seek your favor.
13All glorious is the princess in her chamber;
her gown is embroidered with gold.
14In colorful garments she is led to the king;
her virgin companions are brought before you.
15They are led in with joy and gladness;
they enter the palace of the king.
16Your sons will succeed your fathers;
you will make them princes throughout the land.
17I will commemorate your name through all generations;
therefore the nations will praise you forever and ever.
— Psalm 44-45

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