Mazmur 44:17

44:17 All this has happened to us, even though we have not rejected you ¹ 

or violated your covenant with us. ² 

Mazmur 75:3

75:3 When the earth and all its inhabitants dissolve in fear, ³ 

I make its pillars secure.” ⁴  (Selah)

[44:17]  ¹ tn Heb “we have not forgotten you.” To “forget” God refers here to worshiping false gods and thereby refusing to recognize his sovereignty (see v. 20, as well as Deut 8:19; Judg 3:7; 1 Sam 12:9; Isa 17:10; Jer 3:21; Ps 9:17).Thus the translation “we have not rejected you” has been used.

[44:17]  ² tn Heb “and we did not deal falsely with your covenant.”

[75:3]  ³ tn Heb “melt.”

[75:3]  ⁴ tn The statement is understood in a generalizing sense; God typically prevents the world from being overrun by chaos. One could take this as referring to an anticipated event, “I will make its pillars secure.”