Come to Our Help
To the choirmaster. Ps. 42, titleA Maskil44:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term of the Sons of Korah.
1 O God, we have heard with our ears,
Ps. 78:3;Ex. 10:2;12:26,27;13:8,14,15;Judg. 6:13;See Deut. 6:20-23our fathers have told us,
what deeds you performed in their days,
See Ps. 77:5in the days of old:
2 you with your own hand Ps. 78:55;80:8;Josh. 3:10drove out the nations,
but Ex. 15:17;2 Sam. 7:10them you planted;
you afflicted the peoples,
but Ps. 80:9-11;[Jer. 17:8]them you set free;
3 for not Josh. 24:12;Hos. 1:7by their own sword did they win the land,
nor did their own arm save them,
but your right hand and your arm,
and See Ps. 4:6the light of your face,
Deut. 4:37;7:7,8;10:15for you delighted in them.
4 Ps. 74:12You are my King, O God;
See Ps. 42:8ordain salvation for Jacob!
5 Through you we [Deut. 33:17;Dan. 8:4] push down our foes;
through your name we Ps. 60:12tread down those who rise up against us.
6 For not in [Ps. 33:16;1 Sam. 17:47]my bow do I trust,
nor can my sword save me.
7 But you have saved us from our foes
and have See Ps. 35:4put to shame those who hate us.
8 See Ps. 34:2In God we have boasted continually,
and we will give thanks to your name forever. Selah
9 But you have ver. 23;Ps. 43:2;60:1,10;74:1;108:11;See Ps. 89:38-45rejected us and disgraced us
and [Judg. 4:14;2 Sam. 5:24]have not gone out with our armies.
10 You have made us Lev. 26:17;Deut. 28:25;Josh. 7:8,12turn back from the foe,
and those who hate us have gotten spoil.
11 You have made us like [ver. 22] sheep for slaughter
and have Ps. 106:27;Lev. 26:33;Deut. 4:27;28:64;Isa. 52:3;Ezek. 20:23;[John 7:35;1 Pet. 1:1]scattered us among the nations.
12 [Deut. 32:30;Judg. 2:14;3:8;Jer. 15:13]You have sold your people for a trifle,
demanding no high price for them.
13 You have made us Ps. 39:8;79:4;89:41;119:22;[Neh. 2:17] the taunt of our neighbors,
the derision and [Ps. 80:6]scorn of those around us.
14 You have made us Jer. 24:9;See Job 17:6a byword among the nations,
See Job 16:4a laughingstock44:14 Hebrew a shaking of the head among the peoples.
15 All day long my disgrace is before me,
and 2 Chr. 32:21shame has covered my face
16 at the sound of the taunter and reviler,
at the sight of Ps. 8:2the enemy and the avenger.
17 Dan. 9:13All this has come upon us,
though we have not forgotten you,
and we have not been false to your covenant.
18 Our heart has not turned back,
nor have our Ps. 37:31steps Ps. 119:51,157;Job 23:11departed from your way;
19 yet you have Ps. 51:8broken us in the place of See Job 30:29jackals
and covered us with See Job 3:5the shadow of death.
20 If we had forgotten the name of our God
or Ps. 68:31;Job 11:13spread out our hands to See Ps. 81:9a foreign god,
21 Ps. 139:1;Jer. 17:10would not God discover this?
[John 2:25;Heb. 4:13]For he knows the secrets of the heart.
22 Yet ver. 11;Cited Rom. 8:36for your sake we are killed all the day long;
we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.
23 See Ps. 35:23Awake! Why are you sleeping, O Lord?
Rouse yourself! ver. 9Do not reject us forever!
24 Why See Job 13:24do you hide your face?
Why do you forget our affliction and oppression?
25 For our Ps. 119:25soul is bowed down to the dust;
our belly clings to the ground.
26 Rise up; Ps. 63:7come to our help!
See Ps. 25:22Redeem us for the sake of your steadfast love!