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.
[For the Chief Musician. By the sons of Korah. A contemplative psalm.] We have heard with our ears, God; our fathers have told us, what work you did 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 drove out the nations with your hand, but you planted them. You afflicted the peoples, but you spread them abroad.
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 get the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them; but your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your face, because you were favorable to them.
4 Thou are my King, O God. Command deliverance for Jacob.
You are my King, my God, who commands victories for Jacob.
5 Through thee we will push down our adversaries. Through thy name we will tread them under who rise up against us.
Through you we will push back our adversaries. Through your name we will trample down those who rise up against us.
6 For I will not trust in my bow, nor shall my sword save me.
For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
7 But thou have saved us from our adversaries, and have put them to shame who hate us.
But you have saved us from our adversaries, and have shamed those who hate 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 made our boast all day long, we will give thanks to your name forever. (Selah)
9 But now thou have cast off, and brought us to dishonor, and go not forth with our armies.
But now you rejected us, and brought us to dishonor, and do not go out with our armies.
10 Thou make us to turn back from the adversary. And those who hate us take spoil for themselves.
You make us turn back from the adversary. Those who hate us take spoil for themselves.
11 Thou have made us like sheep for food, and have scattered us among the nations.
You have made us like sheep for food, and have scattered us among the nations.
12 Thou sell thy people for nothing, and have not increased by their price.
You sell your people for nothing, and have gained nothing from their sale.
13 Thou make us a reproach to our neighbors, a scoffing and a derision to those who are round about us.
You make us the taunt of our neighbors, a scoffing and a derision to those who are around us.
14 Thou make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.
You make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.
15 All the day long my dishonor is before me, and the shame of my face has covered me,
All day long my dishonor is before me, and shame covers my face,
16 for the voice of him who reproaches and blasphemes, because of the enemy and the avenger.
At the taunt of one who reproaches and verbally abuses, because of the enemy and the avenger.
17 All this has come upon us, yet we have not forgotten thee, nor have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
All this has come on us, yet have we not forgotten you, Neither have we been false to your covenant.
18 Our heart is not turned back, nor have our steps declined from thy way,
Our heart has not turned back, neither have our steps strayed from your path,
19 that thou have greatly broken us in the place of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.
Though you have crushed us in the haunt of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.
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, or spread forth our hands to a strange god;
21 will not God search this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart.
won't God 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.
For your sake we are killed all day long. We are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.
23 Awake, why do thou sleep, O Lord? Arise, cast not off forever.
Wake up. Why do you sleep, YHWH? Arise. Do not reject us forever.
24 Why do thou hide thy face, and forget our affliction and our oppression?
Why do you hide your face, and forget our affliction and our oppression?
25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our body clings to the ground.
For our soul is bowed down to the dust. Our body cleaves to the earth.
26 Rise up for our help, and redeem us for thy loving kindness' sake.
Rise up to help us. Redeem us for your loving kindness' sake.
