Psalm 44:26

In the end, God’s people can turn to the Lord and trust him for rescue. Their petition for God to remedy their situation is as strong as their lament about God’s rejection.

This national lament after a defeat in battle continues the tone of the previous two psalms. It reflects on an unspecified moment in Israel's history and calls on God for salvation. The people:

• recite God's past acts of rescue (Psalm 44:1–3),

• recognize God's power to save (Psalm 44:4–8),

• describe their humiliation in exile (Psalm 44:9–16),

• claim their innocence and lament the injustice of their current situation (Psalm 44:17–22), and

• cry for vindication (Psalm 44:23–26).