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Psalm 44
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This is the first of eleven national laments in the book of Psalms. 44:1-8 Israel's Glorious Past The word save is used in vs. 3, 6, 7. They did not win the land of Canaan nor their great victories in the past by their own power but by God's. The phrase "all day long" is going to be used in vs. 8, 15, 22. 44:9-16 Israel's Miserable Present Nothing in vs. 1-8 prepared us for the dramatic shift in vs. 9-16. 44:17-22 Their Protest of Innocence No other psalm make such claims of national fidelity like this one. vs. 17-18 The people state their loyalty to God vs. 19 They talk of the pain they exper