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.
In finem. Filiis Core ad intellectum.
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.
[Deus, auribus nostris audivimus, patres nostri annuntiaverunt nobis, opus quod operatus es in diebus eorum, et in diebus antiquis.
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.
Manus tua gentes disperdidit, et plantasti eos; afflixisti populos, et expulisti eos.
4 God, you are my King; command victories for Jacob!
Nec enim in gladio suo possederunt terram, et brachium eorum non salvavit eos: sed dextera tua et brachium tuum, et illuminatio vultus tui, quoniam complacuisti in eis.
5 Only through you can we repel our enemies; only in your name can we defeat our opponents.
Tu es ipse rex meus et Deus meus, qui mandas salutes Jacob.
6 I do not trust my bow; I do not have confidence in my sword to save me.
In te inimicos nostros ventilabimus cornu, et in nomine tuo spernemus insurgentes in nobis.
7 You are the one who saves us from our enemies; you defeat those who hate us.
Non enim in arcu meo sperabo, et gladius meus non salvabit me:
8 God, we proudly thank you all day long, and praise your name forever. (Selah)
salvasti enim nos de affligentibus nos, et odientes nos confudisti.
9 But now you have rejected and disgraced us; you no longer accompany our armies.
In Deo laudabimur tota die, et in nomine tuo confitebimur in sæculum.
10 You made us run from our enemies, and those who hate us have taken whatever they wanted.
Nunc autem repulisti et confudisti nos, et non egredieris, Deus, in virtutibus nostris.
11 You have handed us over like sheep to be slaughtered; you have scattered us among the other nations.
Avertisti nos retrorsum post inimicos nostros, et qui oderunt nos diripiebant sibi.
12 You have sold your own people for next to nothing, making no profit on the sale.
Dedisti nos tamquam oves escarum, et in gentibus dispersisti nos.
13 You have made a mockery of us before our neighbors, we are ridiculed and laughed at by those around us.
Vendidisti populum tuum sine pretio, et non fuit multitudo in commutationibus eorum.
14 You have made us a joke to the other nations; they scornfully shake their heads at us.
Posuisti nos opprobrium vicinis nostris; subsannationem et derisum his qui sunt in circuitu nostro.
15 We are humiliated all day long; we hold our heads in shame,
Posuisti nos in similitudinem gentibus; commotionem capitis in populis.
16 because of all the insults from the people mocking us, because our vengeful enemies are right in front of us.
Tota die verecundia mea contra me est, et confusio faciei meæ cooperuit me:
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.
a voce exprobrantis et obloquentis, a facie inimici et persequentis.
18 We have not turned away from you, not in thought, nor in action.
Hæc omnia venerunt super nos; nec obliti sumus te, et inique non egimus in testamento tuo.
19 Even so, you crushed us, and made us into a jackal's den. You have covered us with the darkness of death.
Et non recessit retro cor nostrum; et declinasti semitas nostras a via tua:
20 If we had forgotten the name of our God, or worshiped other gods,
quoniam humiliasti nos in loco afflictionis, et cooperuit nos umbra mortis.
21 wouldn't God have been aware of this, because he knows everyone's thoughts?
Si obliti sumus nomen Dei nostri, et si expandimus manus nostras ad deum alienum,
22 But because of you we are killed all day long; we're considered just sheep to be slaughtered.
nonne Deus requiret ista? ipse enim novit abscondita cordis. Quoniam propter te mortificamur tota die; æstimati sumus sicut oves occisionis.
23 Lord, wake up! Why are you sleeping? Get up! Don't turn your back on us forever!
Exsurge; quare obdormis, Domine? exsurge, et ne repellas in finem.
24 Why do you look away from us and take no notice of our suffering and misery?
Quare faciem tuam avertis? oblivisceris inopiæ nostræ et tribulationis nostræ?
25 We lie ruined in the dust, our bodies face down in the dirt.
Quoniam humiliata est in pulvere anima nostra; conglutinatus est in terra venter noster.
26 Stand up! Come and help us! Save us because of your trustworthy love!
Exsurge, Domine, adjuva nos, et redime nos propter nomen tuum.]
