Psalms 44
1 To him that excelleth. A Psalme to give instruction, committed to the sonnes of Korah. We haue heard with our eares, O God: our fathers haue tolde vs the workes, that thou hast done in their dayes, in the olde time:
For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us the work You did in their days, in the days of old.
2 Howe thou hast driuen out the heathen with thine hand, and planted them: how thou hast destroyed the people, and caused them to grow.
With Your hand You drove out the nations and planted our fathers there; You crushed the peoples and cast them out.
3 For they inherited not the lande by their owne sworde, neither did their owne arme saue them: but thy right hand, and thine arme and the light of thy countenance, because thou didest fauour them.
For it was not by their sword that they took the land; their arm did not bring them victory. It was by Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face, because You favored them.
4 Thou art my King, O God: send helpe vnto Iaakob.
You are my King, O God, who ordains victories for Jacob.
5 Through thee haue we thrust backe our aduersaries: by thy Name haue we troden downe them that rose vp against vs.
Through You we repel our foes; through Your name we trample our enemies.
6 For I do not trust in my bowe, neither can my sworde saue me.
For I do not trust in my bow, nor does my sword save me.
7 But thou hast saued vs from our aduersaries, and hast put them to confusion that hate vs.
For You save us from our enemies; You put those who hate us to shame.
8 Therefore will wee praise God continually, and will confesse thy Name for euer. (Selah)
In God we have boasted all day long, and Your name we will praise forever.
9 But now thou art farre off, and puttest vs to confusion, and goest not forth with our armies.
But You have rejected and humbled us; You no longer go forth with our armies.
10 Thou makest vs to turne backe from the aduersary, and they, which hate vs, spoile for theselues.
You have made us retreat from the foe, and those who hate us have plundered us.
11 Thou giuest vs as sheepe to bee eaten, and doest scatter vs among the nations.
You have given us up as sheep to be devoured; You have scattered us among the nations.
12 Thou sellest thy people without gaine, and doest not increase their price.
You sell Your people for nothing; no profit do You gain from their sale.
13 Thou makest vs a reproche to our neighbours, a iest and a laughing stocke to them that are round about vs.
You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and derision to those around us.
14 Thou makest vs a prouerbe among the nations, and a nodding of the head among the people.
You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.
15 My confusion is dayly before me, and the shame of my face hath couered me,
All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face,
16 For the voyce of the slaunderer and rebuker, for the enemie and auenger.
at the voice of the scorner and reviler, because of the enemy, bent on revenge.
17 All this is come vpon vs, yet doe wee not forget thee, neither deale wee falsly concerning thy couenant.
All this has come upon us, though we have not forgotten You or betrayed Your covenant.
18 Our heart is not turned backe: neither our steps gone out of thy paths,
Our hearts have not turned back; our steps have not strayed from Your path.
19 Albeit thou hast smitten vs downe into the place of dragons, and couered vs with the shadow of death.
But You have crushed us in the lair of jackals; You have covered us with deepest darkness.
20 If wee haue forgotten the Name of our God, and holden vp our hands to a strange god,
If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,
21 Shall not God searche this out? for hee knoweth the secrets of the heart.
would not God have discovered, since He knows the secrets of the heart?
22 Surely for thy sake are we slaine continually, and are counted as sheepe for the slaughter.
Yet for Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.
23 Vp, why sleepest thou, O Lord? awake, be not farre off for euer.
Wake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping? Arise! Do not reject us forever.
24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face? and forgettest our miserie and our affliction?
Why do You hide Your face and forget our affliction and oppression?
25 For our soule is beaten downe vnto the dust: our belly cleaueth vnto the ground.
For our soul has sunk to the dust; our bodies cling to the earth.
26 Rise vp for our succour, and redeeme vs for thy mercies sake.
Rise up; be our help! Redeem us on account of Your loving devotion.
