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.

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

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

How you did drive out the heathen with your hand, and planted them; how you did afflict the people, and cast them out.

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 got not 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 countenance, because you had a favour unto them.

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

You are my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.

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

Through you will we push down our enemies: through your name will we tread them under that rise up against us.

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

For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.

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

But you have saved us from our enemies, and have put them to shame that hated us.

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

In God we boast all the day long, and praise your name for ever. (Selah)

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

But you have cast off, and put us to shame; and go not forth with our armies.

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

You make us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.

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

You have given us like sheep appointed for food; and have scattered us among the heathen.

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

You sell your people for nothing, and do not increase your wealth by their price.

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

You make us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.

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

You make us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.

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

My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face has covered me,

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

For the voice of him that reproaches and blasphemes; by reason of the enemy and avenger.

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

All this has come upon us; yet have we not forgotten you, neither have we dealt falsely in your covenant.

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

Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from your way;

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

Though you have sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.

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, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;

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

Shall not God search 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.

Yea, for your sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.

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

Awake, why sleep you, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.

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

Wherefore hide you your face, and forget our affliction and our oppression?

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

For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaves unto the earth.

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

Arise for our help, and redeem us for your mercies' sake.