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. A maschil. We have heard with our ears, God, our fathers have told us what work you did 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 drove out the nations with your hand, but you planted our people; you afflicted the peoples, but you spread our people out in the land.

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 obtain the land for their possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them; but your right hand, your arm, and the light of your face, because you were favorable to them.

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

God, You are my King; command victory 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 you we will push down our adversaries; through your name we will tread them under, those who 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 will my sword save me.

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

But you have saved us from our adversaries, and have put to shame those who hate us.

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

In God we have made our boast all the day long, and we will give thanks to your name forever. (Selah)

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

But now you have thrown us off and brought us dishonor, and you do not go out with our armies.

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

You make us turn back from the adversary; and those who hate us take spoil for themselves.

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

You have made us like sheep to be slaughtered and have scattered us among the nations.

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

You sell your people for nothing; you have not increased your wealth by doing so.

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 rebuke to our neighbors, scoffed and mocked by those around us.

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

You make us an insult 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 my dishonor 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 him who rebukes and insults, because 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 has come on us; yet we have not forgotten you or dealt falsely with your covenant.

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

Our heart has not turned back; our steps have not gone from your way.

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

Yet you have severely 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 out our hands to a strange god,

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

would not God 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.

Indeed, for your sake we are being killed all day long; we are considered to be 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 do you sleep, Lord? Arise, do not throw us off permanently.

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

Why do you hide your face and forget our affliction and our oppression?

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

For we have melted away into the dust; our bodies cling to 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 the sake of your covenant faithfulness.