Psalm 44

Psalm 44:10-11, 14-15, 24-25

#308 Weekday Year II Context (Thursday of the 1st Week in Ordinary Time)

R. (27b) Redeem us, Lord, because of your mercy.

Yet now you have cast us off and put us in disgrace,
and you go not forth with our armies.
You have let us be driven back by our foes;
those who hated us plundered us at will.
R. Redeem us, Lord, because of your mercy.

You made us the reproach of our neighbors,
the mockery and the scorn of those around us.
You made us a byword among the nations,
a laughingstock among the peoples.
R. Redeem us, Lord, because of your mercy.

Why do you hide your face,
forgetting our woe and our oppression?
For our souls are bowed down to the dust,
our bodies are pressed to the earth.
R. Redeem us, Lord, because of your mercy.
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Commentary on Ps 44:10-11, 14-15, 24-25

Psalm 44 is a lament. The song calls to the Lord for help, asking God why he has allowed his faithful to be defeated. The singer pleads with God to come to the aid of his people for they are in great need.

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