←Psalm 44→BSB

In This Chapter 3 people 32 terms 1 theme

People

Jacob (Patriarch) 2 Israel Jeshurun (Israel)

Key Terms

Save (Help) 8 Dispossess 5 To Acknowledge 3 Proverb 2 Covenant 2 To Redeem (Deliver) 2 Kindness (Solidarity) 2 Take Possession Inherit Salvation Salvation (State) Save (Restore) Salvation (Physical) Salvation (Deliverance) Salvation (Rescuer) Save (Rescue) Salvation (Means) Saving (Means) Trust Praise Covenant (NT) Covenant of Salt Redeem To Redeem (Liberate) Redemption (Right) To Redeem (Substitute) Let Be Redeemed Redemption (Deliverance) Be Kind Kindness (Benevolence) Kindness (Graciousness) Kindness (Affection)

Themes

Complaints

Redeem Us, O God

(Romans 8:35–39)

For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah.

ⓘ This national lament after defeat in battle continues...

This national lament after defeat in battle continues the tone of the previous two psalms, including reflecting on an unspecified moment in Israel’s history and calling on God for salvation. The people recite God’s past acts of rescue (44:1–3), acknowledge God’s power to save (44:4–8), describe their humiliation in exile (44:9–16), claim their innocence and lament the injustice of their current situation (44:17–22), and cry for vindication (44:23–26).
1We have heard with our ears, O God;our fathers have told usthe work You did in their days,in the days of old.2With Your hand You drove out the nationsand planted our fathers there;You crushed the peoplesand 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.
ⓘ God’s people feel confident about his mighty acts;...

God’s people feel confident about his mighty acts; he was with them in the past, and he is their king in the present.
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.Selah
ⓘ The people have experienced defeat (44:9–12), so they...

The people have experienced defeat (44:9–12), so they understand suffering and disgrace (44:13–16).
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 Youor 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 Godor 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.†
ⓘ In the end, God’s people can turn to...

In the end, God’s people can turn to the Lord and trust him for rescue. Their petition for God to remedy their situation is as strong as their lament about God’s rejection.
23Wake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping?Arise! Do not reject us forever.24Why do You hide Your faceand 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.