Psalms 44

1 Unto the end, for the sons of Core, to give understanding. We have heard, O God, with our ears: our fathers have declared to us, The work, thou hast wrought in their days, and 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 Thy hand destroyed the Gentiles, and thou plantedst them: thou didst afflict the people and cast them out.

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

3 For they got not the possession of the land by their own sword: neither did their own arm save them. But thy right hand and thy arm, and the light of thy countenance: because thou wast pleased with 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 art thyself my king and my God, who commandest the saving of Jacob.

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

5 Through thee we will push down our enemies with the horn: and through thy name we will despise them 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 trust 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 But thou hast saved us from them that afflict us: 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 shall we glory all the day long: and in thy name we will give praise for ever.

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

9 But now thou hast cast us off, and put us to shame: and thou, O God, wilt not go out 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 turn our back to our enemies: and they that hated us plundered for themselves.

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

11 Thou hast given us up like sheep to be eaten: thou 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 no price: and there was no reckoning in the exchange of them.

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

13 Thou hast made us a reproach to our neighbours, a scoff and derision to 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 hast made us a byword among the Gentiles: a shaking of the head among the people.

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

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

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

16 At the voice of him that reproacheth and detracteth me: at the face of the enemy and persecutor.

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

17 All these things have come upon us, yet we have not forgotten thee: and we have not done wickedly in they covenant.

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

18 And our heart hath not turned back: neither hast thou turned aside our steps from thy way.

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

19 For thou hast humbled us in the place of affliction: and the shadow of death hath covered us.

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

20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, and if we have spread forth 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 Shall not God search out these things: for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

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

22 Because for thy sake we are killed all the day long: we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.

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

23 Arise, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, and cast us not off to the end.

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

24 Why turnest thou face away? and forgettest our want and our trouble?

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

25 For our soul is humbled down to the dust: our belly cleaveth to the earth.

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

26 Arise, O Lord, help us and redeem us for thy name’s sake.

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