A Prayer for the Disgraced

Psalm 44:9-26

[9] But now you have rejected and humbled us;

    you no longer go out with our armies.

[10] You made us retreat before the enemy,

    and our adversaries have plundered us.

[11] You gave us up to be devoured like sheep

    and have scattered us among the nations.

[12] You sold your people for a pittance,

    gaining nothing from their sale.

[13] You have made us a reproach to our neighbors,

    the scorn and derision of those around us.

[14] You have made us a byword among the nations;

    the peoples shake their heads at us.

[15] I live in disgrace all day long,

    and my face is covered with shame

[16] at the taunts of those who reproach and revile me,

    because of the enemy, who is bent on revenge.

[17] All this came upon us,

    though we had not forgotten you;

    we had not been false to your covenant.

[18] Our hearts had not turned back;

    our feet had not strayed from your path.

[19] But you crushed us and made us a haunt for jackals;

    you covered us over with deep darkness.

[20] If we had forgotten the name of our God

    or spread out our hands to a foreign god,

[21] would not God have discovered it,

    since he knows the secrets of the heart?

[22] Yet for your sake we face death all day long;

    we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.

[23] Awake, Lord! Why do you sleep?

    Rouse yourself! Do not reject us forever.

[24] Why do you hide your face

    and forget our misery and oppression?

[25] We are brought down to the dust;

    our bodies cling to the ground.

[26] Rise up and help us;

    rescue us because of your unfailing love.

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Related Prayer: A Prayer for those who have fallen from Grace

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Keep the Faith. Best regards,

Bro. Rontabs, N.D.S.M.D.