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 OVERSEER. AN INSTRUCTION OF THE SONS OF KORAH. O God, we have heard with our ears, Our fathers have recounted to us, The work You worked in their days, In the days of old.
2 Thy hand destroyed the Gentiles, and thou plantedst them: thou didst afflict the people and cast them out.
You, [with] Your hand, have dispossessed nations. And You plant them. You afflict peoples, and send them away.
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 possess the land by their sword, And their arm did not give salvation to them, But Your right hand, and Your arm, And the light of Your countenance, Because You had accepted them.
4 Thou art thyself my king and my God, who commandest the saving of Jacob.
You [are] He, my King, O God, Command the deliverances 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.
By You we push our adversaries, By Your Name we tread down our withstanders,
6 For I will not trust in my bow: neither shall my sword save me.
For I do not trust in my bow, And my sword does 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 our adversaries, And You have put to shame those hating us.
8 In God shall we glory all the day long: and in thy name we will give praise for ever.
In God we have boasted all the day, And we thank Your Name for all time. (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.
In anger You have cast off and cause us to blush, And do not go forth with our hosts.
10 Thou hast made us turn our back to our enemies: and they that hated us plundered for themselves.
You cause us to turn backward from an adversary, And those hating us, Have spoiled for themselves.
11 Thou hast given us up like sheep to be eaten: thou hast scattered us among the nations.
You make us food like sheep, And You have scattered us among nations.
12 Thou hast sold thy people for no price: and there was no reckoning in the exchange of them.
You sell Your people—without wealth, And have not become great by their price.
13 Thou hast made us a reproach to our neighbours, a scoff and derision to them that are round about us.
You make us a reproach to our neighbors, A scorn and a reproach to our surrounders.
14 Thou hast made us a byword among the Gentiles: a shaking of the head among the people.
You make us an allegory among nations, A shaking of the head among peoples.
15 All the day long my shame is before me: and the confusion of my face hath covered me,
All the day my confusion [is] before me, And the shame 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.
Because of the voice of a reproacher and reviler, Because of an enemy and a self-avenger.
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 met us, and we did not forget You, Nor have we dealt falsely in Your covenant.
18 And our heart hath not turned back: neither hast thou turned aside our steps from thy way.
We do not turn our heart backward, Nor turn aside our step from Your path.
19 For thou hast humbled us in the place of affliction: and the shadow of death hath covered us.
But You have struck us in a place of dragons, And cover us over with death-shade.
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 spread our hands to a strange God,
21 Shall not God search out these things: for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
Does God not search 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.
Surely, for Your sake we have been slain all the day, Reckoned as sheep of the slaughter.
23 Arise, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, and cast us not off to the end.
Stir up—why do You sleep, O Lord? Awake, do not cast us off forever.
24 Why turnest thou face away? and forgettest our want and our trouble?
Why do You hide Your face? You forget our afflictions and our oppression,
25 For our soul is humbled down to the dust: our belly cleaveth to the earth.
For our soul has bowed to the dust, Our belly has cleaved to the earth.
26 Arise, O Lord, help us and redeem us for thy name’s sake.
Arise, a help to us, And ransom us for your kindness’ sake.
