< 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. — By sons of Korah. An Instruction. O God, with our ears we have heard, Our fathers have recounted to us, The work Thou didst work 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.
Thou, [with] Thy hand, nations hast dispossessed. And Thou dost plant them. Thou afflictest peoples, and sendest 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, not by their sword Possessed they the land, And their arm gave not salvation to them, But Thy right hand, and Thine arm, And the light of Thy countenance, Because Thou hadst accepted them.
4 Thou are my King, O God. Command deliverance for Jacob.
Thou [art] 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 Thee our adversaries we do push, By Thy name tread down our withstanders,
6 For I will not trust in my bow, nor shall my sword save me.
For, not in my bow do I trust, And my sword doth not save me.
7 But thou have saved us from our adversaries, and have put them to shame who hate us.
For Thou hast saved us from our adversaries, And those hating us Thou hast put to shame.
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 Thy name to the age we thank. (Selah)
9 But now thou have cast off, and brought us to dishonor, and go not forth with our armies.
In anger Thou hast cast off and causest us to blush, And goest not forth with our hosts.
10 Thou make us to turn back from the adversary. And those who hate us take spoil for themselves.
Thou causest 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.
Thou makest us food like sheep, And among nations Thou hast scattered us.
12 Thou sell thy people for nothing, and have not increased by their price.
Thou sellest Thy people — without wealth, And hast 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.
Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, 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.
Thou makest us a simile 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 hath 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 Thee, Nor have we dealt falsely in Thy covenant.
18 Our heart is not turned back, nor have our steps declined from thy way,
We turn not backward our heart, Nor turn aside doth our step from Thy path.
19 that thou have greatly broken us in the place of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.
But Thou hast smitten us in a place of dragons, And dost 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.
Doth not God search out this? For He knoweth 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 Thy 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 dost Thou sleep, O Lord? Awake, cast us not off for ever.
24 Why do thou hide thy face, and forget our affliction and our oppression?
Why Thy face hidest Thou? Thou forgettest our afflictions and our oppression,
25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our body clings to the ground.
For bowed to the dust hath our soul, Cleaved to the earth hath our belly.
26 Rise up for our help, and redeem us for thy loving kindness' sake.
Arise, a help to us, And ransom us for thy kindness' sake.

< Psalms 44 >