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, for the sons of Core, to give understanding. We have heard, O God, with our ears: our fathers have declared to us, The work, thou hast wrought in their days, and 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.
Thy hand destroyed the Gentiles, and thou plantedst them: thou didst afflict the people 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 got not the possession of the land by their own sword: neither did their own arm save them. But thy right hand and thy arm, and the light of thy countenance: because thou wast pleased with them.
4 Thou art my King, O God: send helpe vnto Iaakob.
Thou art thyself my king and my God, who commandest the saving of Jacob.
5 Through thee haue we thrust backe our aduersaries: by thy Name haue we troden downe them that rose vp against vs.
Through thee we will push down our enemies with the horn: and through thy name we will despise 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: neither shall my sword save me.
7 But thou hast saued vs from our aduersaries, and hast put them to confusion that hate vs.
But thou hast saved us from them that afflict us: and hast put them to shame that hate us.
8 Therefore will wee praise God continually, and will confesse thy Name for euer. (Selah)
In God shall we glory all the day long: and in thy name we will give praise for ever.
9 But now thou art farre off, and puttest vs to confusion, and goest not forth with our armies.
But now thou hast cast us off, and put us to shame: and thou, O God, wilt not go out with our armies.
10 Thou makest vs to turne backe from the aduersary, and they, which hate vs, spoile for theselues.
Thou hast made us turn our back to our enemies: and they that hated us plundered for themselves.
11 Thou giuest vs as sheepe to bee eaten, and doest scatter vs among the nations.
Thou hast given us up like sheep to be eaten: thou hast scattered us among the nations.
12 Thou sellest thy people without gaine, and doest not increase their price.
Thou hast sold thy people for no price: and there was no reckoning in the exchange of them.
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 scoff and derision to 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 byword among the Gentiles: a shaking of the head among the people.
15 My confusion is dayly before me, and the shame of my face hath couered me,
All the day long my shame is before me: and the confusion of my face hath covered me,
16 For the voyce of the slaunderer and rebuker, for the enemie and auenger.
At the voice of him that reproacheth and detracteth me: at the face of the enemy and persecutor.
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 thee: and we have not done wickedly in they covenant.
18 Our heart is not turned backe: neither our steps gone out of thy paths,
And our heart hath not turned back: neither hast thou turned aside our steps 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 humbled us in the place of affliction: and the shadow of death hath 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 forth our hands to a strange god:
21 Shall not God searche this out? for hee knoweth the secrets of the heart.
Shall not God search out these things: for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
22 Surely for thy sake are we slaine continually, and are counted as sheepe for the slaughter.
Because for thy sake we are killed all the day long: we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
23 Vp, why sleepest thou, O Lord? awake, be not farre off for euer.
Arise, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, and cast us not off to the end.
24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face? and forgettest our miserie and our affliction?
Why turnest thou face away? and forgettest our want and our trouble?
25 For our soule is beaten downe vnto the dust: our belly cleaueth vnto the ground.
For our soul is humbled down to the dust: our belly cleaveth 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.
