< 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:
“For the leader of the music. A psalm of the sons of Korah.” O God! we have heard with our ears, Our fathers have told us, What deeds thou didst in their days, In the days of old.
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.
With thine own hand didst thou drive out the nations, And plant our fathers; Thou didst destroy the nations, And cause our fathers to flourish.
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 not by their own swords did they gain possession of the land, Nor did their own arms give them victory; But thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance; For thou didst favor them!
4 Thou thyself art my king, O God: command deliverance for Jacob.
Thou art my king, O God! O send deliverance to Jacob!
5 Through thee will we push down our adversaries; through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
Through thee we may cast down our enemies; Through thy name we may trample upon our adversaries!
6 For I will not put confidence in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
I trust not in my bow, Nor can my sword save me.
7 For thou hast saved us from our adversaries, and hast put them to shame that hate us.
But it is thou only who savest us from our enemies, And puttest to shame those who hate us!
8 In God will we boast all the day, and we will praise thy name for ever. (Selah)
In God will we glory continually; Yea, we will praise thy name for ever! (Pause)
9 But thou hast cast off, and put us to confusion, and dost not go forth with our armies;
Yet now thou hast cast us off, and put us to shame; Thou goest not forth with our armies.
10 Thou hast made us to turn back from the adversary, and they that hate us spoil for themselves;
Thou makest us turn back from the enemy, And they who hate us make our goods their prey.
11 Thou hast given us over like sheep [appointed] for meat, and hast scattered us among the nations;
Thou makest us like sheep destined for food, And scatterest us among the nations.
12 Thou hast sold thy people for nought, and hast not increased [thy wealth] by their price;
Thou sellest thy people for nought, And increasest not thy wealth by their price.
13 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a mockery and a derision for them that are round about us;
Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, A scorn 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.
Thou makest us a byword among the nations, And causest the people to shake their heads at us.
15 All the day my confusion is before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
My ignominy is continually before me, And shame covereth my face,
16 Because of the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and the avenger.
On account of the voice of the scoffer and the reviler, And on account of the enemy and the avenger.
17 All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely against thy covenant:
All this hath come upon us; Yet have we not forgotten thee, Nor have we been false to thy covenant.
18 Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy path;
Our hearts, have not wandered from thee, Nor have our feet gone out of thy path;
19 Though thou hast crushed us in the place of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.
Though thou hast crushed us in a land of jackals, And covered us with thick darkness.
20 If we had forgotten the name of our God, and stretched out our hands to a strange god,
If we had forgotten the name of our God, Or stretched forth our hands to a strange God,
21 Would not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
Surely God would search it out; For he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
22 But for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are reckoned as sheep for slaughter.
But for thy sake we are killed all the day; We are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
23 Awake, why sleepest thou, Lord? arise, cast [us] not off for ever.
Awake! why sleepest thou, O Lord? Arise! cast us not off for ever!
24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, [and] forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
Wherefore dost thou hide thy face, And forget our affliction and oppression?
25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
Our soul is bowed down to the dust; Our body cleaveth to the earth.
26 Rise up for our help, and redeem us for thy loving-kindness' sake.
Arise, O thou, our strength! And deliver us, for thy mercy's sake!

< Psalms 44 >