Psalms 44

1 To the chief Musician. Of the sons of Korah. An instruction. O God, with our ears have we heard, our fathers have told us, the work thou wroughtest in their days, in the days of old:

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.

2 Thou, by thy hand, didst dispossess the nations, but them thou didst plant; thou didst afflict the peoples, but them didst thou cause to spread out.

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

3 For not by their own sword did they take possession of the land, neither did their own arm save them; but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst delight in them.

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.

4 Thou thyself art my king, O God: command deliverance for Jacob.

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

5 Through thee will we push down our adversaries; through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.

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

6 For I will not put confidence in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.

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

7 For thou hast saved us from our adversaries, and hast put them to shame that hate us.

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

8 In God will we boast all the day, and we will praise thy name for ever. (Selah)

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

9 But thou hast cast off, and put us to confusion, and dost not go forth with our armies;

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

10 Thou hast made us to turn back from the adversary, and they that hate us spoil for themselves;

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

11 Thou hast given us over like sheep [appointed] for meat, and hast scattered us among the nations;

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

12 Thou hast sold thy people for nought, and hast not increased [thy wealth] by their price;

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

13 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a mockery and a derision for them that are round about us;

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

14 Thou makest us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.

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

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

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

16 Because of the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and the avenger.

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

17 All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely against thy covenant:

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

18 Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy path;

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

19 Though thou hast crushed us in the place of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.

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

20 If we had forgotten the name of our God, and stretched out our hands to a strange god,

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

21 Would not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

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

22 But for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are reckoned as sheep for slaughter.

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

23 Awake, why sleepest thou, Lord? arise, cast [us] not off for ever.

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

24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, [and] forgettest our affliction and our oppression?

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

25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our belly cleaveth unto the earth.

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

26 Rise up for our help, and redeem us for thy loving-kindness' sake.

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