Mazmur 44:7-8

44:7 For you deliver ¹  us from our enemies;

you humiliate ²  those who hate us.

44:8 In God I boast all day long,

and we will continually give thanks to your name. (Selah)

[44:7]  ¹ tn Or “have delivered,” if past successes are in view. Another option is to take the perfect as rhetorical, emphasizing that victory is certain (note the use of the imperfect in vv. 5-6).

[44:7]  ² tn Or “have humiliated,” if past successes are in view. Another option is to take the perfect as rhetorical, emphasizing that victory is certain (note the use of the imperfect in vv. 5-6).