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Psalm 44 · a question people ask

Does the psalm get an answer?

In the text

Not inside the psalm. Its last two verses are a lament and a plea: "For our soul is bowed down to the dust. Our body clings to the earth" (44:25), and "Rise up to help us. Redeem us for your loving kindness’ sake" (44:26) (tap redeem, loving kindness). Psalm 13 asks "How long, LORD?" (Psalm 13:1) and ends, "I will sing to the LORD, because he has been good to me" (Psalm 13:6). Psalm 44's praise comes near the start instead: "In God we have made our boast all day long. We will give thanks to your name forever" (44:8). Its last plea is made "for your loving kindness’ sake" (44:26), and loving kindness, chesed, is the psalm's last word in Hebrew. The psalm doesn't say what happened next, and these notes don't add it.

The verses

“In God we have made our boast all day long. We will give thanks to your name forever. Selah.”
Psalm 44:8 · World English Bible
“For our soul is bowed down to the dust. Our body clings to the earth. Rise up to help us. Redeem us for your loving kindness’ sake.”
Psalm 44:25-26 · World English Bible
“For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. How long, LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?”
Psalm 13:1 · World English Bible
“I will sing to the LORD, because he has been good to me.”
Psalm 13:6 · World English Bible

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Psalm 44: For your sake

Psalm 44 has words the law and Judges use of turning away from God, and then says, "yet we haven’t forgotten you" (Psalm 44:17), leaving it with the God who "knows the secrets of the heart" (Psalm 44:21). Its "for your sake we are killed all day long" (Psalm 44:22) is what Paul quotes in Romans 8:36, just before he says nothing can separate us from God's love in Christ Jesus.

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