< Psalms 44 >
1 For the Leader; a Psalm of the sons of Korah. Maschil. O God, we have heard with our ears, our fathers have told us; a work Thou didst in their days, in the days of old.
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 Thou with Thy hand didst drive out the nations, and didst plant them in; Thou didst break the peoples, and didst spread them abroad.
Your hand dispersed the Gentiles, and you transplanted them. You afflicted a people, and you expelled them.
3 For not by their own sword did they get the land in possession, neither did their own arm save them; but Thy right hand, and Thine arm, and the light of Thy countenance, because Thou wast favourable unto 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; command the salvation of Jacob.
You yourself are my king and my God, who commands the salvation of Jacob.
5 Through Thee do we push down our adversaries; through Thy name do we tread them under that rise up against us.
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 trust not in my bow, neither can my sword save me.
For I will not hope in my bow, and my sword will not save me.
7 But Thou hast saved us from our adversaries, and hast put them to shame that hate us.
For you have saved us from those who afflict us, and you have bewildered those who hate us.
8 In God have we gloried all the day, and we will give thanks unto Thy name for ever. (Selah)
In God, we will give praise all day long; and in your name, we will confess forever.
9 Yet Thou hast cast off, and brought us to confusion; and goest not forth with our hosts.
But now, you have rejected and bewildered us, and you will not go forth with our armies, O God.
10 Thou makest us to turn back from the adversary; and they that hate us spoil at their will.
You have turned our back to our enemies, and those who hated us have plundered for themselves.
11 Thou hast given us like sheep to be eaten; and hast scattered us among the nations.
You have given us over like sheep for food. You have scattered us among the Gentiles.
12 Thou sellest Thy people for small gain, and hast not set their prices high.
You have sold your people without a price, and no great number was exchanged for them.
13 Thou makest us a taunt to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
You have set us as a disgrace to our neighbors, a scoff and a derision to those who are around us.
14 Thou makest us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.
You have set us as a parable among the Gentiles, a shaking of the head among the peoples.
15 All the day is my confusion before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
All day long my shame is before me, and the confusion of my face has covered me,
16 For the voice of him that taunteth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and the revengeful.
before the voice of the reproacher and the commentator, before the face of the adversary and the pursuer.
17 All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten Thee, neither have we been false to Thy covenant.
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 back, neither have our steps declined from Thy path;
And our heart has not turned back. And you have not diverted our steps from your way.
19 Though Thou hast crushed us into a place of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.
For you humbled us in a place of affliction, and the shadow of death has covered us.
20 If we had forgotten the name of our God, or spread forth 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 Would not God search this out? For He knoweth the secrets of the heart.
will not God find this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart.
22 Nay, but for Thy sake are we killed all the day; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
For, because of you, we are being killed all day long. We are considered as sheep for the slaughter.
23 Awake, why sleepest Thou, O Lord? Arouse Thyself, cast not off for ever.
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 affliction and our oppression?
Why do you turn your face away, and why do you forget our needfulness and our tribulation?
25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
For our soul has been humbled into the dust. Our belly has been bound to the earth.
26 Arise for our help, and redeem us for Thy mercy's sake.
Rise up, O Lord. Help us and redeem us, because of your name.