Psalms 44
1 For the music director. A psalm (maskil) of the sons of Korah. God, we have heard with our own ears—our forefathers have told us—all you did in their times, long ago.
to/for to conduct to/for son: descendant/people Korah Maskil God in/on/with ear our to hear: hear father our to recount to/for us work to work in/on/with day their in/on/with day front: old
2 Through your power you drove out the other nations so you could settle our ancestors there; you defeated the nations and you sent our ancestors to occupy the land.
you(m. s.) hand your nation to possess: take and to plant them be evil people and to send: let go them
3 They did not conquer the land using their swords; it was not through their own strength that the victory was won—it was by your strength, your power, and your presence with them, because you loved them.
for not in/on/with sword their to possess: take land: country/planet and arm their not to save to/for them for right your and arm your and light face your for to accept them
4 God, you are my King; command victories for Jacob!
you(m. s.) he/she/it king my God to command salvation Jacob
5 Only through you can we repel our enemies; only in your name can we defeat our opponents.
in/on/with you enemy our to gore in/on/with name your to trample to arise: rise us
6 I do not trust my bow; I do not have confidence in my sword to save me.
for not in/on/with bow my to trust and sword my not to save me
7 You are the one who saves us from our enemies; you defeat those who hate us.
for to save us from enemy our and to hate us be ashamed
8 God, we proudly thank you all day long, and praise your name forever. (Selah)
in/on/with God to boast: boast all [the] day: always and name your to/for forever: enduring to give thanks (Selah)
9 But now you have rejected and disgraced us; you no longer accompany our armies.
also to reject and be humiliated us and not to come out: come in/on/with army our
10 You made us run from our enemies, and those who hate us have taken whatever they wanted.
to return: return us back from enemy and to hate us to plunder to/for them
11 You have handed us over like sheep to be slaughtered; you have scattered us among the other nations.
to give: make us like/as flock food and in/on/with nation to scatter us
12 You have sold your own people for next to nothing, making no profit on the sale.
to sell people your in/on/with not substance and not to multiply in/on/with price their
13 You have made a mockery of us before our neighbors, we are ridiculed and laughed at by those around us.
to set: make us reproach to/for neighboring our derision and derision to/for around us
14 You have made us a joke to the other nations; they scornfully shake their heads at us.
to set: make us proverb in/on/with nation shaking head not people
15 We are humiliated all day long; we hold our heads in shame,
all [the] day shame my before me and shame face my to cover me
16 because of all the insults from the people mocking us, because our vengeful enemies are right in front of us.
from voice: sound to taunt and to blaspheme from face enemy and to avenge
17 All this has happened to us even though we didn't forget you; we haven't been unfaithful to the promises we made to you.
all this to come (in): come us and not to forget you and not to deal in/on/with covenant your
18 We have not turned away from you, not in thought, nor in action.
not to turn back heart our and to stretch step our from way your
19 Even so, you crushed us, and made us into a jackal's den. You have covered us with the darkness of death.
for to crush us in/on/with place jackal and to cover upon us in/on/with shadow
20 If we had forgotten the name of our God, or worshiped other gods,
if to forget name God our and to spread palm our to/for god be a stranger
21 wouldn't God have been aware of this, because he knows everyone's thoughts?
not God to search this for he/she/it to know secret heart
22 But because of you we are killed all day long; we're considered just sheep to be slaughtered.
for upon you to kill all [the] day to devise: count like/as flock slaughtered
23 Lord, wake up! Why are you sleeping? Get up! Don't turn your back on us forever!
to rouse [emph?] to/for what? to sleep Lord to awake [emph?] not to reject to/for perpetuity
24 Why do you look away from us and take no notice of our suffering and misery?
to/for what? face your to hide to forget affliction our and oppression our
25 We lie ruined in the dust, our bodies face down in the dirt.
for to sink to/for dust soul our to cleave to/for land: soil belly: abdomen our
26 Stand up! Come and help us! Save us because of your trustworthy love!
to arise: rise [emph?] help to/for us and to ransom us because kindness your
