Psalm 44 National Lament and a Prayer for Help to the Choir Master

If his gift for a burnt offering is from the flock, from the sheep or goats, he shall offer a male without blemish. And Aaron's sons, the priest, shall throw its blood against the altar round about and cut it into pieces with its head and its fat. That is a burnt offering, an offering by fire, a pleasing order to the Lord. Psalm 44: For your sake we are slain all the day long, and accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Why do you sleep, O Lord? Awake, do not cast us off forever. Our soul is bowed down; our body clings to dust. Rise up! Give us a love that will never