Psalms 44

1 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.

TO THE OVERSEER. AN INSTRUCTION OF THE SONS OF KORAH. O God, we have heard with our ears, Our fathers have recounted to us, The work You worked in their days, In the days of old.

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

You, [with] Your hand, have dispossessed nations. And You plant them. You afflict peoples, and send them away.

3 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.

For they did not possess the land by their sword, And their arm did not give salvation to them, But Your right hand, and Your arm, And the light of Your countenance, Because You had accepted them.

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

You [are] He, my King, O God, Command the deliverances of Jacob.

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

By You we push our adversaries, By Your Name we tread down our withstanders,

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

For I do not trust in my bow, And my sword does not save me.

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

For You have saved us from our adversaries, And You have put to shame those hating us.

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

In God we have boasted all the day, And we thank Your Name for all time. (Selah)

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

In anger You have cast off and cause us to blush, And do not go forth with our hosts.

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

You cause us to turn backward from an adversary, And those hating us, Have spoiled for themselves.

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

You make us food like sheep, And You have scattered us among nations.

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

You sell Your people—without wealth, And have not become great by their price.

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

You make us a reproach to our neighbors, A scorn and a reproach to our surrounders.

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

You make us an allegory among nations, A shaking of the head among peoples.

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

All the day my confusion [is] before me, And the shame of my face has covered me.

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

Because of the voice of a reproacher and reviler, Because of an enemy and a self-avenger.

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

All this met us, and we did not forget You, Nor have we dealt falsely in Your covenant.

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

We do not turn our heart backward, Nor turn aside our step from Your path.

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

But You have struck us in a place of dragons, And cover us over with death-shade.

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

If we have forgotten the Name of our God, And spread our hands to a strange God,

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

Does God not search this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart.

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

Surely, for Your sake we have been slain all the day, Reckoned as sheep of the slaughter.

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

Stir up—why do You sleep, O Lord? Awake, do not cast us off forever.

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

Why do You hide Your face? You forget our afflictions and our oppression,

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

For our soul has bowed to the dust, Our belly has cleaved to the earth.

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

Arise, a help to us, And ransom us for your kindness’ sake.