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44:6 For <03588> I do not <03808> trust <0982> in my bow <07198>, and I do not <03808> prevail <03467> by my sword <02719>. 44:7 For <03588> you deliver <03467> us from our enemies <06862>; you humiliate <0954> those who hate <08130> us. 44:8 In God <0430> I boast <01984> all <03605> day <03117> long, and we will continually <05769> give thanks <03034> to your name <08034>. (Selah <05542>) 44:9 But you rejected <02186> and <0637> embarrassed <03637> us! You did not <03808> go <03318> into battle <03318> with our armies <06635>. 44:10 You made us retreat <0268> <07725> from <04480> the enemy <06862>. Those who hate <08130> us take whatever they want <08154> from us. 44:11 You handed <05414> us over <05414> like sheep <06629> to be eaten <03978>; you scattered <02219> us among the nations <01471>. 44:12 You sold <04376> your people <05971> for a pittance <01952> <03808>; you did not <03808> ask a high <07235> price <04242> for them. 44:13 You made <07760> us an object of disdain <02781> to our neighbors <07934>; those who live on our borders <05439> taunt <03933> and insult <07047> us. 44:14 You made <07760> us an object of ridicule <04912> among the nations <01471>; foreigners <03816> <03816> treat us with contempt <07218> <04493>. 44:15 All <03605> day <03117> long I feel humiliated <03639> and am overwhelmed <03680> <06440> with shame <01322>, 44:16 before <06440> the vindictive <05358> enemy <0341> who ridicules <02778> and insults <01442> me. 44:17 All <03605> this <02063> has happened <0935> to us, even though we have not <03808> rejected <07911> you or <03808> violated <08266> your covenant <01285> with us. 44:18 We have not <03808> been unfaithful <03820> <0268> <05472>, nor have we disobeyed your commands <0734> <04480> <0838> <05186>. 44:19 Yet <03588> you have battered <01794> us, leaving us a heap of ruins <04725> overrun by wild dogs <08577>; you have covered <03680> us with <05921> darkness <06757>. 44:20 If <0518> we had rejected <07911> our God <0430> <08034>, and spread out <06566> our hands <03709> in prayer to another <02114> god <0410>, 44:21 would not <03808> God <0430> discover <02713> it <02063>, for <03588> he <01931> knows <03045> one’s <08587> thoughts <03820>? 44:22 Yet <03588> because of <05921> you we are killed <02026> all <03605> day <03117> long; we are treated <02803> like sheep <06629> at the slaughtering <02878> block. 44:23 Rouse <05782> yourself! Why <04100> do you sleep <03462>, O Lord <0136>? Wake up <06974>! Do not <0408> reject <02186> us forever <05331>! 44:24 Why <04100> do you look the other way <05641> <06440>, and ignore <07911> the way we are oppressed <06040> and mistreated <03906>? 44:25 For <03588> we <05315> lie in <07743> the dirt <06083>, with our bellies <0990> pressed <01692> to the ground <0776>. 44:26 Rise up <06965> and help <05833> us! Rescue <06299> us because of <04616> your loyal love <02617>!

• Psa 44:1-26 -- Psalm 44

• Psalms

  [ebd] The psalms are the production of various authors. "Only a portion of the Book of Psalms claims David as its author. Other inspired poets in successive generations added now one now another contribution to the sacred collecti...
  

• PSALMS, BOOK OF

  [isbe] PSALMS, BOOK OF - samz, (tehillim, "praises," cepher tehillim, "book of praises"; Psalmoi, Psalterion): I. INTRODUCTORY TOPICS 1. Title 2. Place in the Canon 3. Number of Psalms 4. Titles in the Hebrew Text II. AUTHORSHIP AN...
  

• PROVIDENCE, 1

  [isbe] PROVIDENCE, 1 - prov'-i-dens: I. PROVIDENCE DEFINED II. DIFFERENT SPHERES OF PROVIDENTIAL ACTIVITY DISTINGUISHED III. BIBLICAL PRESENTATION OF THE DOCTRINE OF PROVIDENCE 1. Divine Providence in the Old Testament Scriptures (...
  

• PEOPLE

  [isbe] PEOPLE - pe'-p'-l: In English Versions of the Bible represents something over a dozen Hebrew and Greek words. Of these, in the Old Testament, `am, is overwhelmingly the most common (about 2,000 times), with le'om, and goy, n...
  

• Music

  [nave] MUSIC Teachers of, 1 Chr. 15:22; 25:7, 8; 2 Chr. 23:13. Physical effect of, on people, 1 Sam. 16:15, 16, 23. Discoursed during the offering of sacrifices, 2 Chr. 29:27, 28. Precentor, Neh. 12:42. Chief musician, Neh. 12:...
  

• HEAD

  [isbe] HEAD - hed (ro'-sh, Aramaic re'sh, and in special sense gulgoleth, literally, "skull," "cut-off head" (1 Ch 10:10), whence Golgotha (Mt 27:33; Mk 15:22; Jn 19:17); mera'ashah, literally, "head-rest," "pillow," "bolster" (1 K...
  

• GOD, STRANGE

  [isbe] GOD, STRANGE - stranj: The word "strange," as used in this connection in the Old Testament, refers to the fact that the god or gods do not belong to Israel, but are the gods which are worshipped by other families or nations....
  

• GOD, 2

  [isbe] GOD, 2 - II. The Idea of God in the Old Testament. 1. Course of Its Development: Any attempt to write the whole history of the idea of God in the Old Testament would require a preliminary study of the literary and historical...
  

• GESTURE

  [isbe] GESTURE - jes'-tur, jes'-tur: The Oriental is rich in gestures by which feelings are expressed and force added to words. Of this we have abundant illustration in the Bible. Almost every available part of the body was employe...
  

• FORTH

  [isbe] FORTH - forth: "Forth," adverb (from "for"), signifies movement (1) forward, (2) out of, (3) beyond a certain boundary. In a few instances in the Old Testament it is the translation of the preposition `al, properly "above," ...
  

• FORGET; FORGETFUL

  [isbe] FORGET; FORGETFUL - for-get', for-get'-ful (shakhach; epilanthanomai): "Forget" is to fail to hold in mind, and the forgetfulness may be either innocent or blameworthy. In the Old Testament the word is most frequently used a...
  

• ENEMY

  [isbe] ENEMY - en'-e-mi ('oyebh, tsar, tsar; echthros): "Enemy," "enemies," are frequent words in the Old Testament. The Hebrew word most often so translated is 'oyebh, meaning perhaps literally, "one who hates"; very frequent in t...
  

• DRAGON

  [ebd] (1.) Heb. tannim, plural of tan. The name of some unknown creature inhabiting desert places and ruins (Job 30:29; Ps. 44:19; Isa. 13:22; 34:13; 43:20; Jer. 10:22; Micah 1:8; Mal. 1:3); probably, as translated in the Revised ...
  [isbe] DRAGON - drag'-un (tannin, plural tannim, tannoth; drakon): Tannin and the plural tanninim occur 14 t, and in English Versions of the Bible are variously rendered "dragon," "whale," "serpent" or "sea-monster"; but Lam 4:3, t...
  [smith] The translators of the Authorized Version, apparently following the Vulgate, have rendered by the same word "dragon" the two Hebrew words tan and tannin , which appear to be quite distinct in meaning. The former is used, alw...
  

• CONFUSION

  [isbe] CONFUSION - kon-fu'-zhun (bosheth, "shame, paleness," kelimmah, "blushing," tohu; akatastasia, sugchusis): In the Old Testament bosheth (1 Sam 20:30; Ps 109:29 the King James Version) and kelimmah (Ps 44:15; Isa 30:3) are th...
  

• By-word

  [ebd] Hebrew millah (Job 30:9), a word or speech, and hence object of talk; Hebrew mashal (Ps. 44:14), a proverb or parable. When it denotes a sharp word of derision, as in Deut. 28:37, 1 Kings 9:7, 2 Chr. 7:20, the Hebrew shenina...
  

• BYWORD

  [isbe] BYWORD - bi'-wurd: shammah = "consternation," "astonishment," "waste," "wonderful language," "object of remark" (Dt 28:37; 1 Ki 9:7; 2 Ch 7:20); mashal, or meshol = "a satire,'' "byword" (Job 17:6; Ps 44:14); millah, or mil...
  

• BROKEN

  [isbe] BROKEN - bro'-k'-n: Occurs both as past participle of the verb translated "to break" and as an adjective, the former use will be dealt with here only so far as verbs occur which are thus translated but do not present the non...
  

• BODY

  [isbe] BODY - bod'-i: I. PHILOLOGICAL: Generally speaking, the Old Testament language employs no fixed term for the human body as an entire organism in exact opposition to "soul" or "spirit." Various terms were employed, each of wh...
  

• BOAST

  [isbe] BOAST - bost (halal, "to praise"; kauchaomai, "to vaunt oneself," used both in a good and a bad sense): To praise God: "In God have we made our boast all the day long" (Ps 44:8); to praise oneself, to vaunt (Ps 10:3). In the...
  

• BLASPHEMY

  [isbe] BLASPHEMY - blas'-fe-mi (blasphemia): In classical Greek meant primarily "defamation" or "evil-speaking" in general; "a word of evil omen," hence, "impious, and irreverent speech against God." (1) In the Old Testament as sub...
  

• Psalms 44: Do Not Reject Us Forever!

  

• [Psa 44:6] Thou Art The Mighty King Of Kings

  Thou art the mighty King of kings, The Lord of lords most high: Israel is safe beneath Thy wings; Thy servant shall not die. Through Thee we shall the victory gain, Though hosts of hell oppose: Thou art our God; and Thou wilt reign, And conquer all our foes. We trust not in our bow or sword; For weakness is our pow’r: In Thee we trust, Almighty Lord, Through every dangerous hour, To Thee we look, Thou God of love, Thy holy Name adore: Oh, may we rise to Heav’n above, To love and praise Thee more.

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• [Psa 44:20] If We Have Forgotten The Name Of Our God

  If we have forgotten the Name of our God, Or unto an idol our hands spread abroad, Shall not the Almighty uncover this sin? He knows all our hearts and the secrets within. Refrain Rise, help, and redeem us, Thy mercy we trust; Rise, help, and redeem us, Thy mercy we trust. We all the day long for Thy sake are consumed, Defeated and helpless, to death we are doomed; Then why dost Thou tarry? Jehovah, awake; Nor spurn us forever; arise for our sake. Refrain O why art Thou hiding the light of Thy face, Forgetting our burden of grief and disgrace? Our soul is bowed down, yea, we cleave to the dust; Rise, help and redeem us, Thy mercy we trust. Refrain

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• [Psa 44:21] Great Mover Of All Hearts

  Great Mover of all hearts, whose hand Doth all the secret springs command Of human thought and will, Thou, since the world was made, dost bless Thy saints with fruits of holiness, Their order to fulfill. Faith, hope, and love here weave one chain; But love alone shall then remain When this short day is gone: O Love, O Truth, O endless Light, When shall we see Thy Sabbath bright With all our labors done? We sow ’mid perils here and tears; There the glad hand the harvest bears, Which here in grief hath sown: Great Three in One, the increase give; Thy gifts of grace, by which we live, With heavenly glory crown.

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• [Psa 44:24] God, Who Omniscient Art

  God, who omniscient art, Could we from Thee depart, Hide aught from Thee, Thou, Lord, would search it out, Know all our sin and doubt, Searching within, without, Our secrets see. Sorely oppressed are we, Naught but affliction see, O Lord, awake! Lord, from Thy sleep arise, No longer close Thine eyes; See how we are despised, All for Thy sake. Humbled unto the dust, In Thee alone we trust; Thy love we plead. Refuge in Thee to take, Lord, for Thy mercy’s sake, Our humble plea we make: Thy help we need.

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