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.
“To the chief musician, for the sons of Korach, a Maskil.” O God, with our ears have we heard, our fathers have told us, deeds which thou hadst done in their days, in times of old.
2 Thy hand destroyed the Gentiles, and thou plantedst them: thou didst afflict the people and cast them out.
Thou, with thy hand, didst indeed drive out nations, and plant them; thou didst ill-treat people, and cause them to spread out.
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 not by their sword did they obtain possession of the land, and their own arm brought them no victory; but thy right hand, and thy arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst given them thy favor.
4 Thou art thyself my king and my God, who commandest the saving of Jacob.
Thou art my King, O God: ordain salvation for 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.
Through thee will we butt down our assailants: through thy name will we tread under foot our opponents.
6 For I will not trust in my bow: neither shall my sword save me.
For not in my bow will I trust, and my sword shall not help me.
7 But thou hast saved us from them that afflict us: and hast put them to shame that hate us.
But thou helpest us against our assailants, and those that hate us thou puttest to shame.
8 In God shall we glory all the day long: and in thy name we will give praise for ever.
Of God we boast all the day, and to thy name will we give thanks for ever. (Selah)
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] thou hast cast off, and put us to the blush, and goest not forth with our armies.
10 Thou hast made us turn our back to our enemies: and they that hated us plundered for themselves.
Thou causest us to turn back from before our assailant: and they who hate us take spoil for themselves.
11 Thou hast given us up like sheep to be eaten: thou hast scattered us among the nations.
Thou givest us up like sheep for food, and among the nations hast thou dispersed us.
12 Thou hast sold thy people for no price: and there was no reckoning in the exchange of them.
Thou sellest thy people for no value, and acquirest no gain by their price.
13 Thou hast made us a reproach to our neighbours, a scoff and derision to them that are round about us.
Thou renderest us a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and a derision to those that are round about us.
14 Thou hast made us a byword among the Gentiles: a shaking of the head among the people.
Thou renderest us a by-word among the nations, a shaking of the head among the people.
15 All the day long my shame is before me: and the confusion of my face hath covered me,
All the day is my disgrace before me, and the shame of my face covereth me;
16 At the voice of him that reproacheth and detracteth me: at the face of the enemy and persecutor.
Because of the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and him that seeketh vengeance.
17 All these things have come upon us, yet we have not forgotten thee: and we have not done wickedly in they covenant.
All this is come over us, yet have we not forgotten thee; nor have we dealt falsely by thy covenant;
18 And our heart hath not turned back: neither hast thou turned aside our steps from thy way.
Our heart is not moved backward, nor hath our step turned aside from thy path:
19 For thou hast humbled us in the place of affliction: and the shadow of death hath covered us.
Even when thou didst crush us in the abode of monsters, and cover us with the shadow of death.
20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, and if we have spread forth our hands to a strange god:
If we had forgotten the name of our God, or spread forth our hands to a strange God:
21 Shall not God search out these things: for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
Would not God search out this? for he knoweth 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.
But for thy sake are we slain all the day; we are counted as flocks [destined] for slaughter.
23 Arise, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, and cast us not off to the end.
Awake, wherefore wilt thou sleep, O Lord? arise, abandon us not for ever.
24 Why turnest thou face away? and forgettest our want and our trouble?
Wherefore wilt thou hide thy face, wilt thou forget our misery, and our oppression?
25 For our soul is humbled down to the dust: our belly cleaveth to the earth.
For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our body cleaveth unto the earth.
26 Arise, O Lord, help us and redeem us for thy name’s sake.
Arise unto our help, and redeem us for the sake of thy kindness.
