A trampled wheat field under a flat gray evening sky, one abandoned round leather shield lying in the flattened grain, an empty road beyond.

Lament · Sons of Korah

Psalm 44

What do you pray when you did nothing wrong and everything fell apart anyway?

26 verses≈ 3 minBSB

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Where we are

1–41Book IDavid's prayers: 'The LORD is my shepherd'
42–72Book II'As the deer pants'; the throne under pressurePsalm 44
73–89Book IIIAsaph and Korah: the kingdom falls
90–106Book IVBack to Moses: the LORD reigns
107–150Book VSongs of ascents, and the last Hallelujah

Redeem Us, O God

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An unstrung horn-and-wood bow and a short bronze sword in its sheath laid side by side on a stone ledge in morning light.

Through You we repel our foes;

through Your name we trample our enemies.

For I do not trust in my bow,

nor does my sword save me.

For You save us from our enemies;

You put those who hate us to shame.

In God we have boasted all day long,

and Your name we will praise forever.

Selah

Reflect

When doing right cost you

When has doing right cost you, and what did you say to God about it?

You have made us a reproach to our neighbors,

a mockery and derision to those around us.

You have made us a byword among the nations,

a laughingstock among the peoples.

All day long my disgrace is before me,

and shame has covered my face,

at the voice of the scorner and reviler,

because of the enemy, bent on revenge.

All this has come upon us,

though we have not forgotten You

or betrayed Your covenant.

Our hearts have not turned back;

our steps have not strayed from Your path.

But You have crushed us in the lair of jackals;

You have covered us with deepest darkness.

Our hearts have not turned back

If we had forgotten the name of our God

or spread out our hands to a foreign god,

would not God have discovered,

since He knows the secrets of the heart?

Yet for Your sake we face death all day long;

we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.

Question

Quick question

The New Testament picks up verse 22.

Paul quotes verse 22 in Romans 8. What does he do with it?

Low across bare dust at gray first light, a few thorn stalks, fine dust moving in the wind under a calm, shut sky.

Wake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping?

Arise! Do not reject us forever.

Why do You hide Your face

and forget our affliction and oppression?

For our soul has sunk to the dust;

our bodies cling to the earth.

Rise up; be our help!

Redeem us on account of Your loving devotion.

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Narrated by Bob Souer · BSB audio, public domain

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Yet for Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.

Psalm 44:22

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