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
