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.
E KE Akua, ua lohe makou me ko makou mau pepeiao, Ua hai mai ko makou mau makua ia makou, I na hana au i hana'i i ko lakou mau la, i na wa kahiko.
2 Thou drove out the nations with thy hand, but thou planted them. Thou afflicted the peoples, but thou spread them abroad.
Kipaku aku la oe i na lahuikanaka me kou lima, a hookomo mai ia lakou la; Hoopilikia iho la oe i na kanaka a kiola aku la:
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.
No ka mea, aole me ka lakou pahikaua iho i loaa ai ia lakou ka aina; Aole hoi no ko lakou lima ponoi i hoola iho ia lakou iho: Aka, o kou peahi akau, a me kou lima, a me ka malamalama o kou maka; No ka mea, ua lokomaikai mai oe ia lakou.
4 Thou are my King, O God. Command deliverance for Jacob.
O oe no ko'u Alii, e ke Akua; E kauoha mai i ka hoola ana ia Iakoba.
5 Through thee we will push down our adversaries. Through thy name we will tread them under who rise up against us.
Ma ou la e pahu aku ai makou i ko makou poe enemi: Ma kou inoa e hehi iho ai makou i ka poe ku e iluna ia makou.
6 For I will not trust in my bow, nor shall my sword save me.
No ka mea, aole ma kuu kakaka e hilinai aku ai au: Aole hoi e hoola mai ka'u pahikaua ia'u.
7 But thou have saved us from our adversaries, and have put them to shame who hate us.
Aka, nau no makou i hoopakele i ko makou poe enemi, A ua hoohoka oe i ka poe i inaina mai ia makou.
8 In God we have made our boast all the day long, and we will give thanks to thy name forever. (Selah)
Iloko o ke Akua e kaena ai makou a po ka la, A e hoomaikai mau loa aku i kou inoa. (Sila)
9 But now thou have cast off, and brought us to dishonor, and go not forth with our armies.
Aka, ua haalele ae nei oe a ua hoohilahila ia makou; Aole hoi oe i hele pu me ko makou poe kaua.
10 Thou make us to turn back from the adversary. And those who hate us take spoil for themselves.
A ua hoohuli oe ia makou i hope mai ka enemi mai; A o ka poe hoowahawaha ia makou, ua hao mai lakou no lakou iho.
11 Thou have made us like sheep for food, and have scattered us among the nations.
Ua haawi oe ia makou me he mau hipa la e lilo i ai; Ua hoopuehu hoi ia makou iwaena o na lahuikanaka.
12 Thou sell thy people for nothing, and have not increased by their price.
Ua kuai hoolilo aku oe i kou poe kanaka no ka mea ole, Aole hoi i hoomahuahua ma ka uku no lakou.
13 Thou make us a reproach to our neighbors, a scoffing and a derision to those who are round about us.
Ua waiho oe ia makou he mea e hoinoia iwaena o ko makou poe hoanoho, He mea e hoowahawaha ai a e henehene ai no ka poe e hoopuni ana ia makou.
14 Thou make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.
Ua hoolilo oe ia makou i huaolelo ino, A i luli poo ana iwaena o na lahuikanaka.
15 All the day long my dishonor is before me, and the shame of my face has covered me,
E mau ana ko'u hoinoia imua o ko'u maka; A ua uhi mai ka hilahila o ko'u maka ia'u:
16 for the voice of him who reproaches and blasphemes, because of the enemy and the avenger.
No ka leo o ka mea i hailiili a i hoino wale mai; No ka enemi hoi a me ka mea hoopai.
17 All this has come upon us, yet we have not forgotten thee, nor have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
Ua pau ia mea i ke kau mai maluna o makou, Aole hoi makou i hoopoina ia oe; Aole hoi i hoopunipuni makou ma kou berita.
18 Our heart is not turned back, nor have our steps declined from thy way,
Aole i hoohuliia ko makou naau, Aole hoi i kapae ae ko makou mau kapuwai mai kou aoao ae;
19 that thou have greatly broken us in the place of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.
Ua hanapepe loa oe ia makou ma kahi nahesa; A ua hoouhi mai oe ia makou me ka malu o ka make.
20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, or spread forth our hands to a strange god,
Ina i hoopoina makou i ka inoa o ko makou Akua, Ina i kikoo aku ko makou mau lima i kahi akua wahahee;
21 will not God search this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart.
Aole anei i imi ke Akua ia mea? No ka mea, ua ike oia i na mea huna o ka naau.
22 Yea, for thy sake we are killed all the day long. We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
Oiaio, nou makou i pepehiia'i a po ka la; Ua manaoia makou me he mau hipa la e hoomakeia.
23 Awake, why do thou sleep, O Lord? Arise, cast not off forever.
E ala'e, o ke aha kou mea e hiamoe ai, e ka Haku? E ku mai hoi iluna, mai haalele mai ia makou a mau loa.
24 Why do thou hide thy face, and forget our affliction and our oppression?
No ke aha la i huna ai oe i kou maka? A i hoopoina hoi i ko makou popilikia, a me ko makou hooluhihewaia?
25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our body clings to the ground.
No ka mea, ua kulou iho ko makou uhane i ka lepo; Ua pili ko makou opu i ka honua.
26 Rise up for our help, and redeem us for thy loving kindness' sake.
E ku mai oe e kokua no makou, A e hoola ia makou no kou aloha.
