Day 113, 22 Apr 2024

1) Psalms 43, 44, 45, 49, 84, 85, 87

Psalms 43
1 Vindicate me, O God,
and plead my cause against an ungodly nation;
deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) For You are the God of my refuge;
why have You rejected me?
Why do I walk about mourning
because of the oppression of the enemy?
3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) Send out Your light and Your truth.
Let them lead me;
let them bring me to Your holy hill,
and to Your dwelling place.
4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) Then I will go to the altar of God,
to the God of my joyful gladness;
with the harp I will give thanks to You,
O God, my God.
5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) Why are you cast down, O my soul?
And why are you disquieted withinme?
Hope in God;
for I will yet give Him thanks,
the salvation of my countenance and my God.

Psalm 43
[1] Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation:
O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
[2] For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off?
Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
[3] O send out thy light and thy truth: Let them lead me;
Let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.
[4] Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy:
Yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.
[5] Why art thou cast down, O my soul?
And why art thou disquieted within me?
Hope in God:
For I shall yet praise him, Who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

Psalms 44
For the Music Director. A Contemplative Maskil of the sons of Korah.
1 We have heard with our ears, O God,
our fathers have told us
what work You did in their days,
in the days of old:
2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) how You drove out the nations with Your hand,
and planted others instead;
how You afflicted peoples,
and sent them away.
3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) For they did not take possession
of the land by their own sword,
nor did their own arm save them;
but it was Your right hand, and Your arm,
and the light of Your countenance, because You had favor on them.
4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) You are my King, O God;
command deliverances for Jacob.
5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) Through You we will push down our opponents;
through Your name we will trample those who rise up against us.
6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9) For I will not trust in my bow,
nor will my sword save me.
7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3) But You have saved us from our opponents,
and have put to shame those who hate us.
8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6) In God we boast all the day long,
and give thanks to Your name forever. Selah
9 (Ps 38:6; 18:2) But You have rejected us and put us to shame,
and do not go out with our armies.
10 (Ps 42:3; Joel 2:17) You make us to turn back from the opponent,
and those who hate us make us their spoil.
11 (Ps 42:5; 43:5) You have placed us like sheep for prey,
and have scattered us among the nations.
12 You sell Your people for nothing,
and do not increase Your wealth by their sale.
13 You make us a reproach to our neighbors,
a scorn and a derision to those who surround us.
14 You make us a byword among the nations,
a shaking of the head among the people.
15 All day long my reproach is before me,
and the shame of my face covers me,
16 from the voice of him who reproaches and reviles,
by reason of the enemy and avenger.
17 All this is come on us,
yet we have not forgotten You,
nor have we dealt falsely in Your covenant.
18 Our heart is not turned back,
nor have our steps deviated from Your way,
19 though You have crushed us in the place of jackals,
and covered us with the shadow of death.
20 If we have forgotten the name of our God,
or stretched out our hands to a strange god,
21 would not God search this out?
For He knows the secrets of the heart.
22 Yes, for Your sake we are killed all the day long;
we are considered like sheep for the slaughter.
23 Awake; why do You sleep, O Lord?
Arise; do not reject us forever.
24 Why do You hide Your face,
and forget our affliction and our oppression?
25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust;
our body cleaves to the earth.
26 Arise, be our help,
and redeem us for the sake of Your lovingkindness.

Psalm 44
To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil.
[1] We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us,
What work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.
[2] How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them;
How thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.
[3] For they got not the land in possession by their own sword,
Neither did their own arm save them:
But thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance,
Because thou hadst a favour unto them.
[4] Thou art my King, O God: Command deliverances for Jacob.
[5] Through thee will we push down our enemies:
Through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
[6] For I will not trust in my bow,
Neither shall my sword save me.
[7] But thou hast saved us from our enemies,
And hast put them to shame that hated us.
[8] In God we boast all the day long,
And praise thy name for ever. Selah.
[9] But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame;
And goest not forth with our armies.
[10] Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy:
And they which hate us spoil for themselves.
[11] Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat;
And hast scattered us among the heathen.
[12] Thou sellest thy people for nought,
And dost not increase thy wealth by their price.
[13] Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours,
A scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
[14] Thou makest us a byword among the heathen,
A shaking of the head among the people.
[15] My confusion is continually before me,
And the shame of my face hath covered me,
[16] For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth;
By reason of the enemy and avenger.
[17] All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee,
Neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
[18] Our heart is not turned back,
Neither have our steps declined from thy way;
[19] Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons,
And covered us with the shadow of death.
[20] If we have forgotten the name of our God,
or stretched out our hands to a strange god;
[21] Shall not God search this out? For he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
[22] Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long;
We are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
[23] Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord?
Arise, cast us not off for ever.
[24] Wherefore hidest thou thy face,
And forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
[25] For our soul is bowed down to the dust:
Our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
[26]Arise for our help,
And redeem us for thy mercies' sake.

Psalms 45
For the Music Director. To the melody of "Lilies."
A Contemplative Maskil of the sons of Korah. A love song.
1 My heart is overflowing with a good thought;
I am speaking my works for the king;
my tongue is the pen of a skilled scribe.
2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) You are fairer than all the sons of men;
favor is poured on your lips;
therefore God has blessed you forever.
3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) Gird your sword on your thigh, O mighty one,
with your splendor and your majesty.
4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) In your majesty ride prosperously
because of truth and meekness and righteousness;
and your right hand will teach you awesome things.
5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) Your arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies;
peoples will fall under you.
6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9) Your throne, O God, is forever and ever;
the scepter of Your kingdom is an upright scepter.
7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3) You love righteousness and hate wickedness;
therefore God, your God, anointed you
with the oil of gladness above your companions.
8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6) All your garments are fragrant with myrrh and aloes
and cassia; from the ivory palaces stringed instruments make you glad.
9 (Ps 38:6; 18:2) Kings' daughters are among your honourable women;
at your right hand stands the queen in gold of Ophir.
10 (Ps 42:3; Joel 2:17) Listen, O daughter, consider and incline your ear;
forget your own people, and your father's house,
11 (Ps 42:5; 43:5) and the king will desire your beauty.
Since he is your lord, bow to him.
12 The daughter of Tyre will be there with a gift;
even the rich among the people will entreat your favor.
13 The royal daughter is all glorious within her chamber;
her clothing is plaited gold.
14 She shall be brought to the king in embroidered garments;
the virgins, her companions who follow her,
shall be brought to you.
15 With gladness and rejoicing they shall be brought;
they shall enter into the king's palace.
16 Your sons shall succeed your fathers;
yo u will make them princes in all the land.
17 I will cause your name to be remembered in all generations;
therefore the people will praise you forever and ever.

Psalm 45
To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, for the sons of Korah, Maschil,
A Song of loves.
[1] My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have
made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
[2] Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips:
therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
[3] Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy
majesty.
[4] And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and
righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.
[5] Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; whereby the
people fall under thee.
[6] Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a
right sceptre.
[7] Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy
God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
[8] All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory
palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.
[9] Kings' daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand
did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.
[10] Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also
thine own people, and thy father's house;
[11] So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and
worship thou him.
[12] And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich
among the people shall intreat thy favour.
[13] The king's daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought
gold.
[14] She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the
virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.
[15] With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter
into the king's palace.
[16] Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make
princes in all the earth.
[17] I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore
shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.