Psalms 44-47

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. Selah

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; therefore 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.

1God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.

2Therefore we will not fear, though the earth is transformed and the mountains are toppled into the depths of the seas,

3though their waters roar and foam and the mountains quake in the surge. Selah

4There is a river whose streams delight the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells.

5God is within her; she will not be moved. God will help her when morning dawns.

6Nations rage, kingdoms crumble; the earth melts when He lifts His voice.

7The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah

8Come, see the works of the LORD, who brings devastation upon the earth.

9He makes wars to cease throughout the earth; He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the shields in the fire.

10“Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted over the earth.”

11The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah

1Clap your hands, all you peoples; shout unto God with a voice of triumph.

2How awesome is the LORD Most High, the great King over all the earth!

3He subdues nations beneath us, and peoples under our feet.

4He chooses our inheritance for us, the pride of Jacob, whom He loves. Selah

5God has ascended amid shouts of joy, the LORD with the sound of the horn.

6Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises to our King, sing praises!

7For God is King of all the earth; sing to Him a psalm of praise.

8God reigns over the nations; God is seated on His holy throne.

9The nobles of the nations have assembled as the people of the God of Abraham; for the shields of the earth belong to God; He is highly exalted.