Psalm 44 : To ward off bad luck.

Updated : Sat 13 Nov 2021 AM (UTC +1)

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Psalm 44
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(44: 1) To the Chief Musician. Of the sons of Korah. Canticle. (44: 2) O God! we have heard with our ears, Our fathers told us of the works which you did in their days, in the days of old.
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(44: 3) With your hand you drove out the nations to establish them; You smote the peoples to extend them.
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(44: 4) For it was not by their sword that they took possession of the land, it was not their arm that saved them; But it's your right, it's your arm, it's the light of your face, Because you loved them.
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(44: 5) O God! you are my king: Command the deliverance of Jacob!
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(44: 6) With you we overthrow our enemies, With your name we crush our opponents.
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(44: 7) For it is not in my bow that I trust, it is not my sword that will save me;
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(44: 8) But it is you who deliver us from our enemies, and confuse those who hate us.
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(44: 9) We glorify ourselves in God daily, and we will praise your name forever. -Pause.
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(44:10) Yet you push us back, you cover us with shame, you no longer go out with our armies;
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(44:11) You make us fall back from the enemy, and those who hate us take away our spoils.
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(44:12) You give us like sheep to be devoured; You scatter us among the nations.
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(44:13) You sell your people for nothing, you do not esteem them at great value.
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(44:14) You make us an object of reproach to our neighbors, of mockery and ridicule to those around us;
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(44:15) You make us a sarcasm among the nations, and a nod among the peoples.
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(44:16) My shame is always before me, And confusion covers my face,
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(44:17) At the voice of him who insults and reproaches me, At the sight of the enemy and the vindictive.
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(44:18) All this happens to us, without our having forgotten you, without our having violated your covenant:
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(44:19) Our heart is not turned away, Our footsteps are not departed from your path,
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(44:20) That you crush us in the dwelling of the jackals, and cover us with the shadow of death.
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(44:21) If we had forgotten the name of our God, and stretched out our hands to a foreign god,
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(44:22) Wouldn't God know, He who knows the secrets of the heart?
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(44:23) But it is because of you that we are slaughtered every day, that we are regarded as sheep destined for slaughter.
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(44:24) Wake up! Why are you sleeping, Lord? Wake up! do not drive us away forever!
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(44:25) Why do you hide your face? Why do you forget our misery and our oppression?
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(44:26) For our soul is crushed in the dust, Our body is attached to the earth.
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(44:27) Arise, to help us! Deliver us because of your goodness!

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