Chiasm

Psalm 44:1–8

Psalm 44:1–84 matched frames1 pivot

Read down to the center, where the pattern turns; then rise back out through its mirror.

A 1 We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.
- B 2 How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.
  - C 3a For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them:
    - D 3b but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.
      - E 4 Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.
    - D' 5 Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
  - C' 6 For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
- B' 7 But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.
A' 8 In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah.