PSALM 44 ISRAEL'S PERFECT GOD
I. ISRAEL'S PAST GLORY (1-8)
A. The Presence of God - 1 We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.
B. The Power of God - 2 How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.
C. The Provision of God - 3 For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.
The Lord Loved his people
The Lord Lifted his people
The Lord Led his people
a. He drove the Canaanites out of the land (1-2).
b. He directed the Israelites into the land (2-3).
D. The Praise of God - 8 In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever Selah
II. ISRAEL'S PRESENT GRIEF (9-22)
A. Their Pain - They Are -
i. Defeated -
9 But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.
ii. Deserted -
10 Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.
iii. Deported - 11 Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat;
and hast scattered us among the heathen.
iv. Disowned -
12 Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.
v. Derided - 13 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours,
a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
B. Their Perplexity - 17 All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
18 Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;
C. Their Petition - 23 Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.
III. ISRAEL'S PERFECT GOD - A Call upon God to:
View His People - 23 Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.
Visit His People - 24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression? 25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
Vindicate His People - 26 Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies’ sake.
