v. 1-3. THE BLESSINGS OF THE PAST: We have heard... our fathers have told us. The sense of history inspires us to praise God. What He has done makes us wonder why things seem to be going badly. v.4-8. ASSURANCE OF THE PRESENT: "In God we boast." It is by God that all victories are possible. The bow and the sword cannot do for us what God does. v.9-16. ABANDONMENT OF ISRAEL: But Thou hast cast off v.17-22. THE CLAIM OF FAITHFULNESS: Yet have we not forgotten Thee. Self-vindication is not common in the psalms. This is the only time it is done in the Psalms. v.23-26. REQUEST FOR JUSTICE: Awake ... cast us not off.
Psalm 44