1. Who is the author? How does this psalm start out? Why is the author remember God's great miracles in ancient times past? (3)
2. What does the Sons of Korah call God? Notice how he personalized it. What did the Sons of Korah know about victories even though it was through him that the victories happened?
3. Accepting God makes victories happen what does the Sons of Korah conclude? (6-7) What does he do? (8)
II. You Have Rejected Us (44:9-16)
4. How does the psalm switch from victory to failure? (9-12) Who was doing this? How bad was it? What did the Sons of Korah compare God to? (11)
5. What does it mean to be a reproach to neighbors? (13) A byword? (14) How did they make their reproach visible for God's people to see? (14)
6. If the Sons of Korah was king of Israel at this time, which he probably was how does the Sons of Korah take the reproach of the Gentiles? 15-16) What happened to him personally?
III. Vindicate Me O GOd (44:17-26)
7. Though failure happened how does the Sons of Korah say they responded? Was failure the result of breaking the covenant? Did their hearts change? What did the Sons of Korah consed if they did? Since they didn't, what can we learn about failure? (John 9:3-5)
8. Why did these things happen? (22) Who quoted this? (Romans 8:36) What can be learned about the Christian lifestyle?
9. How does the author conclude? (23-26) Is God really asleep when we suffer? See Mark 4:37-38. What can we learn about a proper response to hardship that does not happen as a result of sin?
