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.
| לַמְנַצֵּחַ ׀ לִבְנֵי־קֹרַח מַשְׂכִּֽיל׃ אֱלֹהִים ׀ בְּאׇזְנֵינוּ שָׁמַעְנוּ אֲבוֹתֵינוּ סִפְּרוּ־לָנוּ פֹּעַל פָּעַלְתָּ בִימֵיהֶם בִּימֵי קֶֽדֶם׃ |
2 Your hand dispersed the Gentiles, and you transplanted them. You afflicted a people, and you expelled them.
| אַתָּה ׀ יָדְךָ גּוֹיִם הוֹרַשְׁתָּ וַתִּטָּעֵם תָּרַע לְאֻמִּים וַֽתְּשַׁלְּחֵֽם׃ |
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.
| כִּי לֹא בְחַרְבָּם יָרְשׁוּ אָרֶץ וּזְרוֹעָם לֹא־הוֹשִׁיעָה לָּמוֹ כִּֽי־יְמִינְךָ וּזְרוֹעֲךָ וְאוֹר פָּנֶיךָ כִּי רְצִיתָֽם׃ |
4 You yourself are my king and my God, who commands the salvation of Jacob.
| אַתָּה־הוּא מַלְכִּי אֱלֹהִים צַוֵּה יְשׁוּעוֹת יַעֲקֹֽב׃ |
5 With you, we will brandish a horn before our enemies; and in your name, we will spurn those rising up against us.
| בְּךָ צָרֵינוּ נְנַגֵּחַ בְּשִׁמְךָ נָבוּס קָמֵֽינוּ׃ |
6 For I will not hope in my bow, and my sword will not save me.
| כִּי לֹא בְקַשְׁתִּי אֶבְטָח וְחַרְבִּי לֹא תוֹשִׁיעֵֽנִי׃ |
7 For you have saved us from those who afflict us, and you have bewildered those who hate us.
| כִּי הוֹשַׁעְתָּנוּ מִצָּרֵינוּ וּמְשַׂנְאֵינוּ הֱבִישֽׁוֹתָ׃ |
8 In God, we will give praise all day long; and in your name, we will confess forever.
| בֵּאלֹהִים הִלַּלְנוּ כׇל־הַיּוֹם וְשִׁמְךָ ׀ לְעוֹלָם נוֹדֶה סֶֽלָה׃ |
9 But now, you have rejected and bewildered us, and you will not go forth with our armies, O God.
| אַף־זָנַחְתָּ וַתַּכְלִימֵנוּ וְלֹא־תֵצֵא בְּצִבְאוֹתֵֽינוּ׃ |
10 You have turned our back to our enemies, and those who hated us have plundered for themselves.
| תְּשִׁיבֵנוּ אָחוֹר מִנִּי־צָר וּמְשַׂנְאֵינוּ שָׁסוּ לָֽמוֹ׃ |
11 You have given us over like sheep for food. You have scattered us among the Gentiles.
| תִּתְּנֵנוּ כְּצֹאן מַאֲכָל וּבַגּוֹיִם זֵרִיתָֽנוּ׃ |
12 You have sold your people without a price, and no great number was exchanged for them.
| תִּמְכֹּֽר־עַמְּךָ בְלֹא־הוֹן וְלֹֽא־רִבִּיתָ בִּמְחִירֵיהֶֽם׃ |
13 You have set us as a disgrace to our neighbors, a scoff and a derision to those who are around us.
| תְּשִׂימֵנוּ חֶרְפָּה לִשְׁכֵנֵינוּ לַעַג וָקֶלֶס לִסְבִיבוֹתֵֽינוּ׃ |
14 You have set us as a parable among the Gentiles, a shaking of the head among the peoples.
| תְּשִׂימֵנוּ מָשָׁל בַּגּוֹיִם מְנֽוֹד־רֹאשׁ בַּלְאֻמִּֽים׃ |
15 All day long my shame is before me, and the confusion of my face has covered me,
| כׇּל־הַיּוֹם כְּלִמָּתִי נֶגְדִּי וּבֹשֶׁת פָּנַי כִּסָּֽתְנִי׃ |
16 before the voice of the reproacher and the commentator, before the face of the adversary and the pursuer.
| מִקּוֹל מְחָרֵף וּמְגַדֵּף מִפְּנֵי אוֹיֵב וּמִתְנַקֵּֽם׃ |
17 All these things have come upon us, yet we have not forgotten you, and we have not acted unjustly in your covenant.
| כׇּל־זֹאת בָּאַתְנוּ וְלֹא שְׁכַחֲנוּךָ וְלֹֽא־שִׁקַּרְנוּ בִּבְרִיתֶֽךָ׃ |
18 And our heart has not turned back. And you have not diverted our steps from your way.
| לֹא־נָסוֹג אָחוֹר לִבֵּנוּ וַתֵּט אֲשֻׁרֵינוּ מִנִּי אׇרְחֶֽךָ׃ |
19 For you humbled us in a place of affliction, and the shadow of death has covered us.
| כִּי דִכִּיתָנוּ בִּמְקוֹם תַּנִּים וַתְּכַס עָלֵינוּ בְצַלְמָֽוֶת׃ |
20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, and if we have extended our hands to a foreign god,
| אִם־שָׁכַחְנוּ שֵׁם אֱלֹהֵינוּ וַנִּפְרֹשׂ כַּפֵּינוּ לְאֵל זָֽר׃ |
21 will not God find this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart.
| הֲלֹא אֱלֹהִים יַחֲקׇר־זֹאת כִּי־הוּא יֹדֵעַ תַּעֲלֻמוֹת לֵֽב׃ |
22 For, because of you, we are being killed all day long. We are considered as sheep for the slaughter.
| כִּֽי־עָלֶיךָ הֹרַגְנוּ כׇל־הַיּוֹם נֶחְשַׁבְנוּ כְּצֹאן טִבְחָֽה׃ |
23 Rise up. Why do you fall asleep, O Lord? Rise up, and do not reject us in the end.
| עוּרָה ׀ לָמָּה תִישַׁן ׀ אֲדֹנָי הָקִיצָה אַל־תִּזְנַח לָנֶֽצַח׃ |
24 Why do you turn your face away, and why do you forget our needfulness and our tribulation?
| לָֽמָּה־פָנֶיךָ תַסְתִּיר תִּשְׁכַּח עׇנְיֵנוּ וְֽלַחֲצֵֽנוּ׃ |
25 For our soul has been humbled into the dust. Our belly has been bound to the earth.
| כִּי שָׁחָה לֶעָפָר נַפְשֵׁנוּ דָּבְקָה לָאָרֶץ בִּטְנֵֽנוּ׃ |
26 Rise up, O Lord. Help us and redeem us, because of your name.
| קוּמָֽה עֶזְרָתָה לָּנוּ וּפְדֵנוּ לְמַעַן חַסְדֶּֽךָ׃ |
