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Seeing Jesus in Psalm 44

  Psalm 44 This feels like two Psalms. Verses 1- 8 make me want to shout glory and amen. Verses 9-26 make me want to yell, NO, shut up, liars. Haven’t you read the real history of your people? Can’t you see yourselves even now? How can you say those things when they are so offensive to my God, the only one who can rescue you? Get on your knees and confess, don’t throw God under the bus with lies and slander against the One who never slumbers. But God included this in His book. God wants me to learn from this Psalm. God is revealing His merciful, loving self, Yahweh (Jehovah) even through these words and I can learn something of humility too and maybe even a bit of hope in my pride and self deception. So the easy part first: we begin with a God of love in verse 3 and we end with a God of unfailing love in verse 26. So somewhere in between we are likely to discover evidence of a loving God. I admit to liking the search in verses 1-8 because there my work is easy and pleasant and full...