rsv Psalms:43-45
rsv@Psalms:43:1 @ Vindicate me, O God, and defend my cause against an ungodly people; from deceitful and unjust men deliver me!
rsv@Psalms:43:2 @ For thou art the God in whom I take refuge; why hast thou cast me off? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
rsv@Psalms:43:3 @ Oh send out thy light and thy truth; let them lead me, let them bring me to thy holy hill and to thy dwelling!
rsv@Psalms:43:4 @ Then I will go to the altar of God, to God my exceeding joy; and I will praise thee with the lyre, O God, my God.
rsv@Psalms:43:5 @ Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my help and my God.
rsv@Psalms:44:1 @ To the choirmaster. A Maskil of the Sons of Korah.
rsv@Psalms:44:2 @ We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what deeds thou didst perform in their days, in the days of old:
rsv@Psalms:44:3 @ thou with thy own hand didst drive out the nations, but them thou didst plant; thou didst afflict the peoples, but them thou didst set free;
rsv@Psalms:44:4 @ for not by their own sword did they win the land, nor did their own arm give them victory; but thy right hand, and thy arm, and the light of thy countenance; for thou didst delight in them.
rsv@Psalms:44:5 @ Thou art my King and my God, who ordainest victories for Jacob.
rsv@Psalms:44:6 @ Through thee we push down our foes; through thy name we tread down our assailants.
rsv@Psalms:44:7 @ For not in my bow do I trust, nor can my sword save me.
rsv@Psalms:44:8 @ But thou hast saved us from our foes, and hast put to confusion those who hate us.
rsv@Psalms:44:9 @ In God we have boasted continually, and we will give thanks to thy name for ever. [Selah]
rsv@Psalms:44:10 @ Yet thou hast cast us off and abased us, and hast not gone out with our armies.
rsv@Psalms:44:11 @ Thou hast made us turn back from the foe; and our enemies have gotten spoil.
rsv@Psalms:44:12 @ Thou hast made us like sheep for slaughter, and hast scattered us among the nations.
rsv@Psalms:44:13 @ Thou hast sold thy people for a trifle, demanding no high price for them.
rsv@Psalms:44:14 @ Thou hast made us the taunt of our neighbors, the derision and scorn of those about us.
rsv@Psalms:44:15 @ Thou hast made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.
rsv@Psalms:44:16 @ All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face,
rsv@Psalms:44:17 @ at the words of the taunters and revilers, at the sight of the enemy and the avenger.
rsv@Psalms:44:18 @ All this has come upon us, though we have not forgotten thee, or been false to thy covenant.
rsv@Psalms:44:19 @ Our heart has not turned back, nor have our steps departed from thy way,
rsv@Psalms:44:20 @ that thou shouldst have broken us in the place of jackals, and covered us with deep darkness.
rsv@Psalms:44:21 @ If we had forgotten the name of our God, or spread forth our hands to a strange god,
rsv@Psalms:44:22 @ would not God discover this? For he knows the secrets of the heart.
rsv@Psalms:44:23 @ Nay, for thy sake we are slain all the day long, and accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
rsv@Psalms:44:24 @ Rouse thyself! Why sleepest thou, O Lord? Awake! Do not cast us off for ever!
rsv@Psalms:44:25 @ Why dost thou hide thy face? Why dost thou forget our affliction and oppression?
rsv@Psalms:44:26 @ For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our body cleaves to the ground. [ (Psalms strkjv@44:27) Rise up, come to our help! Deliver us for the sake of thy steadfast love! ]
rsv@Psalms:45:1 @ To the choirmaster: according to Lilies. A Maskil of the Sons of Korah; a love song.
rsv@Psalms:45:2 @ My heart overflows with a goodly theme; I address my verses to the king; my tongue is like the pen of a ready scribe.
rsv@Psalms:45:3 @ You are the fairest of the sons of men; grace is poured upon your lips; therefore God has blessed you for ever.
rsv@Psalms:45:4 @ Gird your sword upon your thigh, O mighty one, in your glory and majesty!
rsv@Psalms:45:5 @ In your majesty ride forth victoriously for the cause of truth and to defend the right; let your right hand teach you dread deeds!
rsv@Psalms:45:6 @ Your arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; the peoples fall under you.
rsv@Psalms:45:7 @ Your divine throne endures for ever and ever. Your royal scepter is a scepter of equity;
rsv@Psalms:45:8 @ you love righteousness and hate wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows;
rsv@Psalms:45:9 @ your robes are all fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia. From ivory palaces stringed instruments make you glad;
rsv@Psalms:45:10 @ daughters of kings are among your ladies of honor; at your right hand stands the queen in gold of Ophir.
rsv@Psalms:45:11 @ Hear, O daughter, consider, and incline your ear; forget your people and your father's house;
rsv@Psalms:45:12 @ and the king will desire your beauty. Since he is your lord, bow to him;
rsv@Psalms:45:13 @ the people of Tyre will sue your favor with gifts, the richest of the people
rsv@Psalms:45:14 @ with all kinds of wealth. The princess is decked in her chamber with gold-woven robes;
rsv@Psalms:45:15 @ in many-colored robes she is led to the king, with her virgin companions, her escort, in her train.
rsv@Psalms:45:16 @ With joy and gladness they are led along as they enter the palace of the king.
rsv@Psalms:45:17 @ Instead of your fathers shall be your sons; you will make them princes in all the earth. [ (Psalms strkjv@45:18) I will cause your name to be celebrated in all generations; therefore the peoples will praise you for ever and ever. ]
rsv@Psalms:46:1 @ To the choirmaster. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A Songs.
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