Psalms 44

1 For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us the work You did in their days, in the days of old.

Unto the end. To the sons of Korah, toward understanding. We have heard, O God, with our own ears. Our fathers have announced to us the work that you wrought in their days and in the days of antiquity.

2 With Your hand You drove out the nations and planted our fathers there; You crushed the peoples and cast them out.

Your hand dispersed the Gentiles, and you transplanted them. You afflicted a people, and you expelled them.

3 For it was not by their sword that they took the land; their arm did not bring them victory. It was by Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face, because You favored them.

For they did not take possession of the land by their sword, and their own arm did not save them. But your right hand and your arm, and the light of your countenance did so, because you were pleased with them.

4 You are my King, O God, who ordains victories for Jacob.

You yourself are my king and my God, who commands the salvation of Jacob.

5 Through You we repel our foes; through Your name we trample our enemies.

With you, we will brandish a horn before our enemies; and in your name, we will spurn those rising up against us.

6 For I do not trust in my bow, nor does my sword save me.

For I will not hope in my bow, and my sword will not save me.

7 For You save us from our enemies; You put those who hate us to shame.

For you have saved us from those who afflict us, and you have bewildered those who hate us.

8 In God we have boasted all day long, and Your name we will praise forever.

In God, we will give praise all day long; and in your name, we will confess forever.

9 But You have rejected and humbled us; You no longer go forth with our armies.

But now, you have rejected and bewildered us, and you will not go forth with our armies, O God.

10 You have made us retreat from the foe, and those who hate us have plundered us.

You have turned our back to our enemies, and those who hated us have plundered for themselves.

11 You have given us up as sheep to be devoured; You have scattered us among the nations.

You have given us over like sheep for food. You have scattered us among the Gentiles.

12 You sell Your people for nothing; no profit do You gain from their sale.

You have sold your people without a price, and no great number was exchanged for them.

13 You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and derision to those around us.

You have set us as a disgrace to our neighbors, a scoff and a derision to those who are around us.

14 You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.

You have set us as a parable among the Gentiles, a shaking of the head among the peoples.

15 All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face,

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

16 at the voice of the scorner and reviler, because of the enemy, bent on revenge.

before the voice of the reproacher and the commentator, before the face of the adversary and the pursuer.

17 All this has come upon us, though we have not forgotten You or betrayed Your covenant.

All these things have come upon us, yet we have not forgotten you, and we have not acted unjustly in your covenant.

18 Our hearts have not turned back; our steps have not strayed from Your path.

And our heart has not turned back. And you have not diverted our steps from your way.

19 But You have crushed us in the lair of jackals; You have covered us with deepest darkness.

For you humbled us in a place of affliction, and the shadow of death has covered us.

20 If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,

If we have forgotten the name of our God, and if we have extended our hands to a foreign god,

21 would not God have discovered, since He knows the secrets of the heart?

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

22 Yet for Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.

For, because of you, we are being killed all day long. We are considered as sheep for the slaughter.

23 Wake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping? Arise! Do not reject us forever.

Rise up. Why do you fall asleep, O Lord? Rise up, and do not reject us in the end.

24 Why do You hide Your face and forget our affliction and oppression?

Why do you turn your face away, and why do you forget our needfulness and our tribulation?

25 For our soul has sunk to the dust; our bodies cling to the earth.

For our soul has been humbled into the dust. Our belly has been bound to the earth.

26 Rise up; be our help! Redeem us on account of Your loving devotion.

Rise up, O Lord. Help us and redeem us, because of your name.