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.
For the Chief Musician; [a Psalm] of the sons of Korah. Maschil. We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst 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.
Thou didst drive out the nations with thy hand, and plantedst them in; thou didst afflict the peoples, and didst spread them abroad.
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 gat not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.
4 You yourself are my king and my God, who commands the salvation of Jacob.
Thou art my King, O God: command deliverance for Jacob.
5 With you, we will brandish a horn before our enemies; and in your name, we will spurn those rising up against us.
Through thee will we push down our adversaries: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
6 For I will not hope in my bow, and my sword will not save me.
For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
7 For you have saved us from those who afflict us, and you have bewildered those who hate us.
But thou hast saved us from our adversaries, and hast put them to shame that hate us.
8 In God, we will give praise all day long; and in your name, we will confess forever.
In God have we made our boast all the day long, and we will give thanks unto thy name for ever. (Selah)
9 But now, you have rejected and bewildered us, and you will not go forth with our armies, O God.
But now thou hast cast [us] off, and brought us to dishonour; and goest not forth with our hosts.
10 You have turned our back to our enemies, and those who hated us have plundered for themselves.
Thou makest us to turn back from the adversary: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.
11 You have given us over like sheep for food. You have scattered us among the Gentiles.
Thou hast given us like sheep [appointed] for meat; and hast scattered us among the nations.
12 You have sold your people without a price, and no great number was exchanged for them.
Thou sellest thy people for nought, and hast not increased [thy wealth] 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.
Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
14 You have set us as a parable among the Gentiles, a shaking of the head among the peoples.
Thou makest us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.
15 All day long my shame is before me, and the confusion of my face has covered me,
All the day long is my dishonour before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
16 before the voice of the reproacher and the commentator, before the face of the adversary and the pursuer.
For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and the 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 is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
18 And our heart has not turned back. And you have not diverted our steps from your way.
Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;
19 For you humbled us in a place of affliction, and the shadow of death has covered us.
That thou hast sore broken us in the place of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.
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, or spread forth our hands to a strange god;
21 will not God find this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart.
Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth 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.
Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
23 Rise up. Why do you fall asleep, O Lord? Rise up, and do not reject us in the end.
Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast [us] not off for ever.
24 Why do you turn your face away, and why do you forget our needfulness and our tribulation?
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
25 For our soul has been humbled into the dust. Our belly has been bound to the earth.
For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
26 Rise up, O Lord. Help us and redeem us, because of your name.
Rise up for our help, and redeem us for thy lovingkindness’ sake.
