Psalms 44

1 We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou did in their days, in the days of old.

TO THE OVERSEER. AN INSTRUCTION OF THE SONS OF KORAH. O God, we have heard with our ears, Our fathers have recounted to us, The work You worked in their days, In the days of old.

2 Thou drove out the nations with thy hand, but thou planted them. Thou afflicted the peoples, but thou spread them abroad.

You, [with] Your hand, have dispossessed nations. And You plant them. You afflict peoples, and send them away.

3 For they did not get the land in possession by their own sword, nor did their own arm save them, but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou were favorable to them.

For they did not possess the land by their sword, And their arm did not give salvation to them, But Your right hand, and Your arm, And the light of Your countenance, Because You had accepted them.

4 Thou are my King, O God. Command deliverance for Jacob.

You [are] He, my King, O God, Command the deliverances of Jacob.

5 Through thee we will push down our adversaries. Through thy name we will tread them under who rise up against us.

By You we push our adversaries, By Your Name we tread down our withstanders,

6 For I will not trust in my bow, nor shall my sword save me.

For I do not trust in my bow, And my sword does not save me.

7 But thou have saved us from our adversaries, and have put them to shame who hate us.

For You have saved us from our adversaries, And You have put to shame those hating us.

8 In God we have made our boast all the day long, and we will give thanks to thy name forever. (Selah)

In God we have boasted all the day, And we thank Your Name for all time. (Selah)

9 But now thou have cast off, and brought us to dishonor, and go not forth with our armies.

In anger You have cast off and cause us to blush, And do not go forth with our hosts.

10 Thou make us to turn back from the adversary. And those who hate us take spoil for themselves.

You cause us to turn backward from an adversary, And those hating us, Have spoiled for themselves.

11 Thou have made us like sheep for food, and have scattered us among the nations.

You make us food like sheep, And You have scattered us among nations.

12 Thou sell thy people for nothing, and have not increased by their price.

You sell Your people—without wealth, And have not become great by their price.

13 Thou make us a reproach to our neighbors, a scoffing and a derision to those who are round about us.

You make us a reproach to our neighbors, A scorn and a reproach to our surrounders.

14 Thou make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.

You make us an allegory among nations, A shaking of the head among peoples.

15 All the day long my dishonor is before me, and the shame of my face has covered me,

All the day my confusion [is] before me, And the shame of my face has covered me.

16 for the voice of him who reproaches and blasphemes, because of the enemy and the avenger.

Because of the voice of a reproacher and reviler, Because of an enemy and a self-avenger.

17 All this has come upon us, yet we have not forgotten thee, nor have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.

All this met us, and we did not forget You, Nor have we dealt falsely in Your covenant.

18 Our heart is not turned back, nor have our steps declined from thy way,

We do not turn our heart backward, Nor turn aside our step from Your path.

19 that thou have greatly broken us in the place of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.

But You have struck us in a place of dragons, And cover us over with death-shade.

20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, or spread forth our hands to a strange god,

If we have forgotten the Name of our God, And spread our hands to a strange God,

21 will not God search this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart.

Does God not search this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart.

22 Yea, for thy sake we are killed all the day long. We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

Surely, for Your sake we have been slain all the day, Reckoned as sheep of the slaughter.

23 Awake, why do thou sleep, O Lord? Arise, cast not off forever.

Stir up—why do You sleep, O Lord? Awake, do not cast us off forever.

24 Why do thou hide thy face, and forget our affliction and our oppression?

Why do You hide Your face? You forget our afflictions and our oppression,

25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our body clings to the ground.

For our soul has bowed to the dust, Our belly has cleaved to the earth.

26 Rise up for our help, and redeem us for thy loving kindness' sake.

Arise, a help to us, And ransom us for your kindness’ sake.