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:
`To victorie, lernyng to the sones of Chore. God, we herden with oure eeris; oure fadris telden to vs. The werk, which thou wrouytist in the daies of hem; and in elde daies.
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.
Thin hond lost hethene men, and thou plauntidist hem; thou turmentidist puplis, and castidist hem out.
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 the children of Israel weldiden the lond not bi her swerd; and the arm of hem sauyde not hem. But thi riyt hond, and thin arm, and the liytnyng of thi cheer; for thou were plesid in hem.
4 Thou thyself art my king, O God: command deliverance for Jacob.
Thou art thi silf, my kyng and my God; that sendist helthis to Jacob.
5 Through thee will we push down our adversaries; through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
Bi thee we schulen wyndewe oure enemyes with horn; and in thi name we schulen dispise hem, that risen ayen vs.
6 For I will not put confidence in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
For Y schal not hope in my bouwe; and my swerd schal not saue me.
7 For thou hast saved us from our adversaries, and hast put them to shame that hate us.
For thou hast saued vs fro men turmentinge vs; and thou hast schent men hatinge vs.
8 In God will we boast all the day, and we will praise thy name for ever. (Selah)
We schulen be preisid in God al dai; and in thi name we schulen knouleche to thee in to the world.
9 But thou hast cast off, and put us to confusion, and dost not go forth with our armies;
But now thou hast put vs abac, and hast schent vs; and thou, God, schalt not go out in oure vertues.
10 Thou hast made us to turn back from the adversary, and they that hate us spoil for themselves;
Thou hast turned vs awei bihynde aftir oure enemyes; and thei, that hatiden vs, rauyschiden dyuerseli to hem silf.
11 Thou hast given us over like sheep [appointed] for meat, and hast scattered us among the nations;
Thou hast youe vs as scheep of meetis; and among hethene men thou hast scaterid vs.
12 Thou hast sold thy people for nought, and hast not increased [thy wealth] by their price;
Thou hast seeld thi puple with out prijs; and multitude was not in the chaungyngis of hem.
13 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a mockery and a derision for them that are round about us;
Thou hast set vs schenschip to oure neiyboris; mouwyng and scorn to hem that ben in oure cumpas.
14 Thou makest us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.
Thou hast set vs into licnesse to hethene me; stiryng of heed among puplis.
15 All the day my confusion is before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
Al dai my schame is ayens me; and the schenschipe of my face hilide me.
16 Because of the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and the avenger.
Fro the vois of dispisere, and yuele spekere; fro the face of enemy, and pursuere.
17 All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely against thy covenant:
Alle these thingis camen on vs, and we han not foryete thee; and we diden not wickidli in thi testament.
18 Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy path;
And oure herte yede not awei bihynde; and thou hast bowid awei oure pathis fro thi weie.
19 Though thou hast crushed us in the place of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.
For thou hast maad vs lowe in the place of turment; and the schadewe of deth hilide vs.
20 If we had forgotten the name of our God, and stretched out our hands to a strange god,
If we foryaten the name of oure God; and if we helden forth oure hondis to an alien God.
21 Would not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
Whether God schal not seke these thingis? for he knowith the hid thingis of herte.
22 But for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are reckoned as sheep for slaughter.
For whi we ben slayn al dai for thee; we ben demed as scheep of sleyng.
23 Awake, why sleepest thou, Lord? arise, cast [us] not off for ever.
Lord, rise vp, whi slepist thou? rise vp, and putte not awei in to the ende.
24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, [and] forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
Whi turnest thou awei thi face? thou foryetist oure pouert, and oure tribulacioun.
25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
For oure lijf is maad low in dust; oure wombe is glued togidere in the erthe.
26 Rise up for our help, and redeem us for thy loving-kindness' sake.
Lord, rise vp thou, and helpe vs; and ayenbie vs for thi name.
