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 end, a Psalm for instruction, for the sons of Core. O God, we have heard with our ears, our fathers have told us, the work which thou wroughtest 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.
Thine hand utterly destroyed the heathen, and thou didst plant them: thou didst afflict the nations, 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 they inherited not the land by their [own] sword, and their [own] arm did not deliver them; but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou wert well pleased in them.
4 Thou art my King, O God: send helpe vnto Iaakob.
Thou art indeed my King and my God, who commandest deliverances for Jacob.
5 Through thee haue we thrust backe our aduersaries: by thy Name haue we troden downe them that rose vp against vs.
In thee will we push down our enemies, and in thy name will we bring to nought them that rise up against us.
6 For I do not trust in my bowe, neither can my sworde saue me.
For I will not trust in my bow, and my sword shall not save me.
7 But thou hast saued vs from our aduersaries, and hast put them to confusion that hate vs.
For thou hast saved us from them that afflicted us, and hast put to shame them that hated us.
8 Therefore will wee praise God continually, and will confesse thy Name for euer. (Selah)
In God will we make our boast all the day, and to thy name will we give thanks for ever. (Pause)
9 But now thou art farre off, and puttest vs to confusion, and goest not forth with our armies.
But now thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and thou wilt not go forth with our hosts.
10 Thou makest vs to turne backe from the aduersary, and they, which hate vs, spoile for theselues.
Thou hast turned us back before our enemies; and they that hated us spoiled for themselves.
11 Thou giuest vs as sheepe to bee eaten, and doest scatter vs among the nations.
Thou madest us as sheep for meat; and thou scatteredst us among the nations.
12 Thou sellest thy people without gaine, and doest not increase their price.
Thou hast sold thy people without price, and there was no profit by their exchange.
13 Thou makest vs a reproche to our neighbours, a iest and a laughing stocke to them that are round about vs.
Thou hast made us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision them that are round about us.
14 Thou makest vs a prouerbe among the nations, and a nodding of the head among the people.
Thou hast made us a proverb among the Gentiles, a shaking of the head among the nations.
15 My confusion is dayly before me, and the shame of my face hath couered me,
All the day my shame is before me, and the confusion of my face has covered me,
16 For the voyce of the slaunderer and rebuker, for the enemie and auenger.
because of the voice of the slanderer and reviler; because of the enemy and avenger.
17 All this is come vpon vs, yet doe wee not forget thee, neither deale wee falsly concerning thy couenant.
All these things are come upon us: but we have not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt unrighteously in thy covenant.
18 Our heart is not turned backe: neither our steps gone out of thy paths,
And our heart has not gone back; but thou hast turned aside our paths from thy way.
19 Albeit thou hast smitten vs downe into the place of dragons, and couered vs with the shadow of death.
For thou hast laid us low in a place of affliction, and the shadow of death has covered us.
20 If wee haue forgotten the Name of our God, and holden vp our hands to a strange god,
If we have forgotten the name of our God, and if we have spread out our hands to a strange god; shall not God search these things out?
21 Shall not God searche this out? for hee knoweth the secrets of the heart.
for he knows the secrets of the heart.
22 Surely for thy sake are we slaine continually, and are counted as sheepe for the slaughter.
For, for thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for slaughter.
23 Vp, why sleepest thou, O Lord? awake, be not farre off for euer.
Awake, wherefore sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, and do not cast [us] off for ever.
24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face? and forgettest our miserie and our affliction?
Wherefore turnest thou thy face away, [and] forgettest our poverty and our affliction?
25 For our soule is beaten downe vnto the dust: our belly cleaueth vnto the ground.
For our soul has been brought down to the dust; our belly has cleaved to the earth.
26 Rise vp for our succour, and redeeme vs for thy mercies sake.
Arise, O Lord, help us, and redeem us for thy name's sake.
