Psalm 44. A Prayer for Protection.

I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.

With our own ears we have heard it, O God—
our ancestors have told us about it,
about the great things you did in their time,
in the days of long ago:

2 how you yourself drove out the heathen
and established your people in their land;
how you punished the other nations
and caused your own to prosper.

3 Your people did not conquer the land with their swords;
they did not win it by their own power;
it was by your power and your strength,
by the assurance of your presence,
which showed that you loved them.

4 You are my king and my God;
you give victory to your people,

5 and by your power…