044:020 If we have forgotten the name of our God, or spread forth our hands to a strange god; 044:021 won't God search this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart. 044:022 Yes, for your sake we are killed all day long. We are regarded as sheep for the slaughter. 044:023 Wake up! Why do you sleep, Lord? Arise! Don't reject us forever. 044:024 Why do you hide your face, and forget our affliction and our oppression? 044:025 For our soul is bowed down to the dust. Our body cleaves to the earth. 044:026 Rise up to help us. Redeem us for your loving kindness' sake. 045:001 <<For the Chief Musician. Set to "The Lilies." A contemplation by the sons of Korah. A wedding song.>> My heart overflows with a noble theme. I recite my verses for the king. My tongue is like the pen of a skillful writer. 045:002 You are the most excellent of the sons of men. Grace has anointed your lips, therefore God has blessed you forever. 045:003 Gird your sword on your thigh, mighty one: your splendor and your majesty. 045:004 In your majesty ride on victoriously on behalf of truth, humility, and righteousness. Let your right hand display awesome deeds. 045:005 Your arrows are sharp. The nations fall under you, with arrows in the heart of the king's enemies. 045:006 Your throne, God, is forever and ever. A scepter of equity is the scepter of your kingdom. 045:007 You have loved righteousness, and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows. 045:008 All your garments smell like myrrh, aloes, and cassia. Out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made you glad. 045:009 Kings' daughters are among your honorable women. At your right hand the queen stands in gold of Ophir. 045:010 Listen, daughter, consider, and turn your ear. Forget your own people, and also your father's house. 045:011 So the king will desire your beauty, honor him, for he is your lord. 045:012 The daughter of Tyre comes with a gift. The rich among the people entreat your favor. 045:013 The princess inside is all glorious. Her clothing is interwoven with gold. 045:014 She shall be led to the king in embroidered work. The virgins, her companions who follow her, shall be brought to you. 045:015 With gladness and rejoicing they shall be led. They shall enter into the king's palace. 045:016 Your sons will take the place of your fathers. You shall make them princes in all the earth. 045:017 I will make your name to be remembered in all generations. Therefore the peoples shall give you thanks forever and ever. {} 046:001 <<For the Chief Musician. By the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth.Alamoth is a musical term.>> God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.