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Chapter Overview & Historical Context AI Insight

அதிகார சுருக்கம் & வரலாற்றுப் பின்னணி (Author, Themes & Exegesis)

44:1

[To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil.] We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, {what} work thou didst in their days, in the times of old. {Maschil: or, of instruction}

44:2

{How} thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; {how} thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.

44:3

For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.

44:4

Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.

44:5

Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.

44:6

For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.

44:7

But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.

44:8

In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah.

44:9

But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.

44:10

Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.

44:11

Thou hast given us like sheep {appointed} for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen. {like...: Heb. as sheep of meat}

44:12

Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase {thy wealth} by their price. {for...: Heb. without riches}

44:13

Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.

44:14

Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.

44:15

My confusion {is} continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,

44:16

For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger.

44:17

All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.

44:18

Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way; {steps: or, goings}

44:19

Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.

44:20

If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;

44:21

Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

44:22

Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.

44:23

Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast {us} not off for ever.

44:24

Wherefore hidest thou thy face, {and} forgettest our affliction and our oppression?

44:25

For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.

44:26

Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake. {for our...: Heb. a help for us}

Completed Psalms 44?

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Psalms 44 1/26
Verse 1