September 14: Psalm 44; 2 Samuel 4; Ezekiel 4–5:4; Luke 9:51–10:24

Psalms and Wisdom: Psalm 44 Psalm 44 (Listen) Come to Our Help To the choirmaster. A Maskil1 of the Sons of Korah. 44   O God, we have heard with our ears,<br />    our fathers have told us,<br />  what deeds you performed in their days,<br />    in the days of old:<br />2   you with your own hand drove out the nations,<br />    but them you planted;<br />  you afflicted the peoples,<br />    but them you set free;<br />3   for not by their own sword did they win the land,<br />    nor did their own arm save them,<br />  but your right hand and your arm,<br />    and the light of your face,<br />    for you delighted in them.<br /> 4   You are my King, O God;<br />    ordain salvation for Jacob!<br />5   Through you we push down our foes;<br />    through your name we tread down those who rise up against us.<br />6   For not in my bow do I trust,<br />    nor can my sword save me.<br />7   But you have saved us from our foes