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:
Unto the end. To the sons of Korah, toward understanding. We have heard, O God, with our own ears. Our fathers have announced to us the work that you wrought in their days and in the days of antiquity.
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.
Your hand dispersed the Gentiles, and you transplanted them. You afflicted a people, and you expelled them.
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 did not take possession of the land by their sword, and their own arm did not save them. But your right hand and your arm, and the light of your countenance did so, because you were pleased with them.
4 Thou art my King, O God: send helpe vnto Iaakob.
You yourself are my king and my God, who commands the salvation of Jacob.
5 Through thee haue we thrust backe our aduersaries: by thy Name haue we troden downe them that rose vp against vs.
With you, we will brandish a horn before our enemies; and in your name, we will spurn those rising up against us.
6 For I do not trust in my bowe, neither can my sworde saue me.
For I will not hope in my bow, and my sword will not save me.
7 But thou hast saued vs from our aduersaries, and hast put them to confusion that hate vs.
For you have saved us from those who afflict us, and you have bewildered those who hate us.
8 Therefore will wee praise God continually, and will confesse thy Name for euer. (Selah)
In God, we will give praise all day long; and in your name, we will confess forever.
9 But now thou art farre off, and puttest vs to confusion, and goest not forth with our armies.
But now, you have rejected and bewildered us, and you will not go forth with our armies, O God.
10 Thou makest vs to turne backe from the aduersary, and they, which hate vs, spoile for theselues.
You have turned our back to our enemies, and those who hated us have plundered for themselves.
11 Thou giuest vs as sheepe to bee eaten, and doest scatter vs among the nations.
You have given us over like sheep for food. You have scattered us among the Gentiles.
12 Thou sellest thy people without gaine, and doest not increase their price.
You have sold your people without a price, and no great number was exchanged for them.
13 Thou makest vs a reproche to our neighbours, a iest and a laughing stocke to them that are round about vs.
You have set us as a disgrace to our neighbors, a scoff and a derision to those who are around us.
14 Thou makest vs a prouerbe among the nations, and a nodding of the head among the people.
You have set us as a parable among the Gentiles, a shaking of the head among the peoples.
15 My confusion is dayly before me, and the shame of my face hath couered me,
All day long 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.
before the voice of the reproacher and the commentator, before the face of the adversary and the pursuer.
17 All this is come vpon vs, yet doe wee not forget thee, neither deale wee falsly concerning thy couenant.
All these things have come upon us, yet we have not forgotten you, and we have not acted unjustly in your covenant.
18 Our heart is not turned backe: neither our steps gone out of thy paths,
And our heart has not turned back. And you have not diverted our steps from your way.
19 Albeit thou hast smitten vs downe into the place of dragons, and couered vs with the shadow of death.
For you humbled us 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 extended our hands to a foreign god,
21 Shall not God searche this out? for hee knoweth the secrets of the heart.
will not God find this out? 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, because of you, we are being killed all day long. We are considered as sheep for the slaughter.
23 Vp, why sleepest thou, O Lord? awake, be not farre off for euer.
Rise up. Why do you fall asleep, O Lord? Rise up, and do not reject us in the end.
24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face? and forgettest our miserie and our affliction?
Why do you turn your face away, and why do you forget our needfulness and our tribulation?
25 For our soule is beaten downe vnto the dust: our belly cleaueth vnto the ground.
For our soul has been humbled into the dust. Our belly has been bound to the earth.
26 Rise vp for our succour, and redeeme vs for thy mercies sake.
Rise up, O Lord. Help us and redeem us, because of your name.
