Thematic Bible




Psalm 44:1 (show verse)

God, we heard it with our ears; our ancestors told us about what you did in their day a long time ago.

Psalm 44:2 (show verse)

With your hand you expelled the nations and established our ancestors. You afflicted nations and cast them out.

Psalm 44:3 (show verse)

It was not with their sword that they inherited the land, nor did their own arm deliver them. But it was by your power, your strength, and by the light of your face; because you were pleased with them.

Psalm 44:4 (show verse)

You are my king, God, command victories for Jacob.

Psalm 44:5 (show verse)

Through you we will knock down our oppressors; through your name we will tread down those who rise up against us.

Psalm 44:6 (show verse)

For I place no confidence in my bow, nor will my sword deliver me.

Psalm 44:7 (show verse)

For you delivered us from our oppressors and put to shame those who hate us.

Psalm 44:8 (show verse)

We will praise God all day long; and to your name we will give thanks forever. Interlude

Psalm 44:9 (show verse)

However, you cast us off and made us ashamed! You did not even march with our armies!
No Themes for this verse.

Psalm 44:10 (show verse)

You made us retreat from our oppressors. Our enemies ransacked us.

Psalm 44:11 (show verse)

You handed us over to be slaughtered like sheep and you scattered us among the nations.

Psalm 44:12 (show verse)

You sold out your people for nothing, and made no profit at that price.

Psalm 44:13 (show verse)

You made us a laughing stock to our neighbors, a source of mockery and derision to those around us.

Psalm 44:14 (show verse)

You made us an object lesson among the nations; people shake their heads at us.

Psalm 44:15 (show verse)

My dishonor tortures me continuously; the shame on my face overwhelms me

Psalm 44:16 (show verse)

because of the voice of the one who mocks and reviles, because of the enemy and the avenger.

Psalm 44:17 (show verse)

All this came upon us, yet we did not forsake you, and we have not dealt falsely with your covenant;

Psalm 44:18 (show verse)

Our hearts have not turned away; our steps have not swerved from your path.

Psalm 44:19 (show verse)

Nevertheless, you crushed us in the lair of jackals, and covered us in deep darkness.

Psalm 44:20 (show verse)

If we had forgotten the name of our God or lifted our hands to a foreign god,

Psalm 44:21 (show verse)

wouldn't God find out since he knows the secrets of the heart?

Psalm 44:22 (show verse)

For your sake we are being killed all day long. We are thought of as sheep to be slaughtered.
No Themes for this verse.

Psalm 44:23 (show verse)

Wake up! Why are you asleep, Lord? Get up! Don't cast us off forever!

Psalm 44:24 (show verse)

Why are you hiding your face? Why are you ignoring our affliction and oppression?

Psalm 44:25 (show verse)

For we have collapsed in the dust; our bodies cling to the ground.

Psalm 44:26 (show verse)

Arise! Deliver us! Redeem us according to your gracious love! To the Director: An instruction by the Sons of Korah. A love song to the tune of "Lilies".