< 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 leader of the music. A psalm of the sons of Korah.” O God! we have heard with our ears, Our fathers have told us, What deeds thou didst 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 thine own hand didst thou drive out the nations, And plant our fathers; Thou didst destroy the nations, And cause our fathers to flourish.
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 not by their own swords did they gain possession of the land, Nor did their own arms give them victory; But thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance; For thou didst favor them!
4 Thou art my King, O God: send helpe vnto Iaakob.
Thou art my king, O God! O send deliverance to 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 may cast down our enemies; Through thy name we may trample upon our adversaries!
6 For I do not trust in my bowe, neither can my sworde saue me.
I trust not in my bow, Nor can my sword save me.
7 But thou hast saued vs from our aduersaries, and hast put them to confusion that hate vs.
But it is thou only who savest us from our enemies, And puttest to shame those who hate us!
8 Therefore will wee praise God continually, and will confesse thy Name for euer. (Selah)
In God will we glory continually; Yea, we will praise thy name for ever! (Pause)
9 But now thou art farre off, and puttest vs to confusion, and goest not forth with our armies.
Yet now thou hast cast us off, and put us to shame; Thou goest not forth with our armies.
10 Thou makest vs to turne backe from the aduersary, and they, which hate vs, spoile for theselues.
Thou makest us turn back from the enemy, And they who hate us make our goods their prey.
11 Thou giuest vs as sheepe to bee eaten, and doest scatter vs among the nations.
Thou makest us like sheep destined for food, And scatterest us among the nations.
12 Thou sellest thy people without gaine, and doest not increase their price.
Thou sellest thy people for nought, And increasest not thy wealth by their price.
13 Thou makest vs a reproche to our neighbours, a iest and a laughing stocke to them that are round about vs.
Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, A scorn 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.
Thou makest us a byword among the nations, And causest the people to shake their heads at us.
15 My confusion is dayly before me, and the shame of my face hath couered me,
My ignominy is continually before me, And shame covereth my face,
16 For the voyce of the slaunderer and rebuker, for the enemie and auenger.
On account of the voice of the scoffer and the reviler, And on account of the enemy and the avenger.
17 All this is come vpon vs, yet doe wee not forget thee, neither deale wee falsly concerning thy couenant.
All this hath come upon us; Yet have we not forgotten thee, Nor have we been false to thy covenant.
18 Our heart is not turned backe: neither our steps gone out of thy paths,
Our hearts, have not wandered from thee, Nor have our feet gone out of thy path;
19 Albeit thou hast smitten vs downe into the place of dragons, and couered vs with the shadow of death.
Though thou hast crushed us in a land of jackals, And covered us with thick 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 stretched forth our hands to a strange God,
21 Shall not God searche this out? for hee knoweth the secrets of the heart.
Surely God would search it out; 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.
But for thy sake we are killed all the day; We are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
23 Vp, why sleepest thou, O Lord? awake, be not farre off for euer.
Awake! why sleepest thou, O Lord? Arise! cast us not off for ever!
24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face? and forgettest our miserie and our affliction?
Wherefore dost thou hide thy face, And forget our affliction and oppression?
25 For our soule is beaten downe vnto the dust: our belly cleaueth vnto the ground.
Our soul is bowed down to the dust; Our body cleaveth to the earth.
26 Rise vp for our succour, and redeeme vs for thy mercies sake.
Arise, O thou, our strength! And deliver us, for thy mercy's sake!

< Psalms 44 >