To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil [a.k.a. Maskil.] |
Psalm 44:1-26 Book# 2 of Psalms [in Smaller Chunks] |
With our [own] ears, we have heard, O God, [what] our [forefathers] told us, what work You did in their days, in [ancient] times. How You [drove] out the heathen with Your hand & planted [our forefathers.] |
[Exodus 12:25-27 And it shall [happen,] when you come to the land [that] the Lord will give you, according [to His promise,] that you shall keep this service. And it shall [happen,] when your children shall say to you, What [do] you mean by this service? |
You shall say, it is the sacrifice of the Lord's Passover, Who passed over the [houses] of the children [people] of Egypt, when He [struck] the Egyptians & delivered our [houses.] And the people bowed [their heads] & worshiped.] |
How You [afflicted the people & cast them out. For they [didn't] get the land [as a] possession by their own sword. Neither did their own arm save them. But Your right hand & Your arm & the Light of Your [appearance,] because You [favored] them. |
[Joshua 24:11-14 And you went over [the] Jordan [River] & came into Jericho. And the men of Jericho fought against you & the Amorites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hittites, Girgashites, Hivites & the Jebusites. And I delivered them into your hand. And I sent the [hornets in front of] you, which [drove] them out from before you. |
Even the 2 kings of the Amorites, but not with your sword, nor with your bow. And I have given you a land, for which you didn't [work] & cities, [that] you [didn't] build & you [live] in them. [And] you eat [from] vineyards & [olive groves,] which you [didn't plant.] |
Therefore, now fear [respect] the Lord & serve Him in sincerity & in truth. And put away the gods [that] your [forefathers] served [before] the flood & in Egypt & serve the Lord.] |
O God, You are my King. Command [deliverance] for Jacob [a.k.a. Israel.] We will push down our enemies, through You. Through Your Name, we will [trample down those who] rise up against us. |
For I won't trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me. But You have saved us from our enemies & have put [those who hate] us to shame. In God, we boast all the day long & praise Your Name forever. Selah. |
[Jeremiah 9:24 But let him [who boasts, boast] in this, that he understands & knows Me. I Am the Lord, [who delivers] loving kindness, [justice] & righteousness, in the earth. For I delight in these things, says the Lord.] |
But You [don't go out] with our armies & have cast off & put us to shame. You make us [return] back from the enemy. And [those who] hate us, [plunder us] for themselves. You have given us, like sheep [scheduled to become food.] And have scattered us among the heathen. |
[Ezekiel 6:8-10 [Still,] I will leave a remnant, [so] you may have some [who] shall escape the sword among the nations, when you shall be scattered through the countries. And [those] of you [who] escape, shall remember Me among the nations [where] they shall be carried captives. |
Because I am broken [by] their [unfaithful hearts, like harlots,] that have departed from Me. And with their eyes, go [unfaithfully] after their idols. And they shall loathe themselves for the [evil] they have committed, [by] all their abominations. And they shall know that I Am the Lord & that I haven't said in vain, that I would [bring this calamity on] them.] |
You sell Your people for [nothing] & don't increase your wealth by their price. You make us a [disgrace] to our neighbors, [looked down upon & mocked by those who are around] us. You make us [a song used for taunting us,] among the heathen & a [reason to shake heads] among the people. |
My [dishonor] is continually before me & the shame of my face has covered me. [Because of] the enemy & [the one who gets revenge] & the voice of him [who digraces & insults me.] All this [has] come upon us, [still] we haven't forgotten You. Neither have we dealt falsely [regarding] Your covenant [contract.] |
[Daniel 9:13-15 As it is written in the Law of Moses, all this evil [has] come upon us. [Still,] we [didn't] make our prayer before the Lord our God, [so] that we might turn from our [sins] & understand the Truth. Therefore, the Lord has watched upon the evil & brought it upon us. |
For the Lord our God is righteous in all His [deeds] He does. For we [didn't] obey His voice. And now, O Lord our God, [Who] has brought Your people [forward] out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand [that made] You [famous, like it is] this day & we have sinned & we have done wickedly.] |
Our [hearts haven't] turned [away] & neither have our steps [departed] from Your [path, although,] You have [severely] broken us, in the place of [jackals] & covered us with the shadow of death. If we have forgotten the Name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god, [wouldn't] God search this out? |
For He knows the secrets of the heart. [Yet,] for Your sake, we are killed all the day long. We are [considered like] sheep for the slaughter. O Lord, why [do] You sleep? [Wake up.] |
Arise & [don't] cast us off forever. [Why do] You hide Your face & forget our affliction & oppression? For our soul is bowed down to the [dirt] & our belly [clings] to the [ground.] Arise, for our help & redeem us for Your mercies' sake. |