Psalms 44:17 - Forerunner Commentary

Psalms 44:17

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15 My dishonor is continually before me,
And the shame of my face has covered me,

16 Because of the voice of him who reproaches and reviles,
^aBecause of the enemy and the avenger.

17 ^aAll this has come upon us;
But we have not forgotten You,
Nor have we dealt falsely with Your covenant.

18 Our heart has not turned back,
^aNor have our steps departed from Your way;

19 But You have severely broken us in ^athe place of jackals,
And covered us ^bwith the shadow of death.

20 If we had forgotten the name of our God,
Or ^astretched out our hands to a foreign god,

21 ^aWould not God search this out?
For He knows the secrets of the heart.

22 ^aYet for Your sake we are killed all day long;
We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

23 ^aAwake! Why do You sleep, O Lord?
Arise! Do not cast us off forever.

24 ^aWhy do You hide Your face,
And forget our affliction and our oppression?

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Psalm 44:17-22

They are standing on their integrity here. They say, You should help us because we have been faithful. They assert that they have kept the covenant. They were not sinners. They were not idolaters, they said. They were still loyal to God despite the shame and the confusion, despite the defeat. And they challenge God. You know our hearts. You know we are true to You, yet we suffer and die. Why? The perplexity lingers in this section because what is happening goes hard against their experience and understanding of how God works. They think God delivers the faithful. Why are we suffering defeat?

Excerpted from Psalm Genres (Part Four): Laments

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