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:
To the Chief Musician. For the Sons of Korah. An Instructive Psalm. O God! with our own ears, have we heard, Our fathers, have recounted to us, —The work thou didst work, In their day, In the days of aforetime:
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.
Thou thyself, with thine own hand—Didst dispossess, nations, and didst plant them, Didst break peoples in pieces, and didst spread 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, not by their own sword, gat they possession of the land, Nor did, their own arm, win victory for them, —But thine own right hand, and thine own arm, and the light of thy face, Because thou hadst accepted them.
4 Thou art my King, O God: send helpe vnto Iaakob.
Thou thyself, art my king, O God, Command thou the victories of Jacob.
5 Through thee haue we thrust backe our aduersaries: by thy Name haue we troden downe them that rose vp against vs.
By thee, will we thrust at, our adversaries, In thy Name, will we tread down our assailants;
6 For I do not trust in my bowe, neither can my sworde saue me.
For, not in my bow, will I trust, Nor shall, my sword, give me victory;
7 But thou hast saued vs from our aduersaries, and hast put them to confusion that hate vs.
For thou hast saved us from our adversaries, And, them who hated us, hast thou put to shame.
8 Therefore will wee praise God continually, and will confesse thy Name for euer. (Selah)
In God, have we boasted all the day, And, thy Name—unto times age-abiding, will we praise. (Selah)
9 But now thou art farre off, and puttest vs to confusion, and goest not forth with our armies.
But nay thou hast rejected, and confounded us, And 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 sufferest us to turn back from the adversary, And, they who hate us, have plundered at will:
11 Thou giuest vs as sheepe to bee eaten, and doest scatter vs among the nations.
Thou dost give us up like sheep to be devoured, And, amongst the nations, hast thou scattered us.
12 Thou sellest thy people without gaine, and doest not increase their price.
Thou dost sell thy people for, no-value, And hast not made increase 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 dost make us, A reproach to our neighbours, A mockery and a derision to them who are round about us:
14 Thou makest vs a prouerbe among the nations, and a nodding of the head among the people.
Thou dost make us, A by-word among the nations, —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 the day, is my confusion before me, And, the shame 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 who reproacheth and revileth, At the face of the foe and 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 had we not forgotten thee, Neither had we dealt falsely with thy covenant;
18 Our heart is not turned backe: neither our steps gone out of thy paths,
Our heart had not drawn back, Nor had our goings swerved from thy path;
19 Albeit thou hast smitten vs downe into the place of dragons, and couered vs with the shadow of death.
That thou shouldst have crushed us down in the place of wild dogs, And covered us over with a deadly shadow.
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, And had spread forth our hands unto the GOD of the foreigner,
21 Shall not God searche this out? for hee knoweth the secrets of the heart.
Would not, God, have searched into this, Seeing that, he, knoweth the secrets of the heart?
22 Surely for thy sake are we slaine continually, and are counted as sheepe for the slaughter.
Surely, for thy sake, have we been slain all the day, We have been accounted as sheep for slaughter.
23 Vp, why sleepest thou, O Lord? awake, be not farre off for euer.
Awake thou! wherefore shouldst thou sleep, O Lord? Bestir thee! do not reject us altogether!
24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face? and forgettest our miserie and our affliction?
Wherefore shouldst thou hide, thy face? Shouldst forget our humiliation and our oppression?
25 For our soule is beaten downe vnto the dust: our belly cleaueth vnto the ground.
For our soul, sinketh down to the dust, Our body, cleaveth to the earth.
26 Rise vp for our succour, and redeeme vs for thy mercies sake.
Arise to our help, And ransom us, because of thine own lovingkindness.
