Psalms 44
1 For the end, a Psalm for instruction, for the sons of Core. O God, we have heard with our ears, our fathers have told us, the work which you wrought in their days, in the days of old.
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:
2 Your hand utterly destroyed the heathen, and you did plant them: you did afflict the nations, and cast them out.
Howe thou hast driuen out the heathen with thine hand, and planted them: how thou hast destroyed the people, and caused them to grow.
3 For they inherited not the land by their [own] sword, and their [own] arm did not deliver them; but your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your countenance, because you were well pleased in them.
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.
4 You are indeed my King and my God, who command deliverances for Jacob.
Thou art my King, O God: send helpe vnto Iaakob.
5 In you will we push down our enemies, and in your name will we bring to nothing them that rise up against us.
Through thee haue we thrust backe our aduersaries: by thy Name haue we troden downe them that rose vp against vs.
6 For I will not trust in my bow, and my sword shall not save me.
For I do not trust in my bowe, neither can my sworde saue me.
7 For you have saved us from them that afflicted us, and have put to shame them that hated us.
But thou hast saued vs from our aduersaries, and hast put them to confusion that hate vs.
8 In God will we make our boast all the day, and to your name will we give thanks for ever. (Pause)
Therefore will wee praise God continually, and will confesse thy Name for euer. (Selah)
9 But now you have cast off, and put us to shame; and you will not go forth with our hosts.
But now thou art farre off, and puttest vs to confusion, and goest not forth with our armies.
10 You have turned us back before our enemies; and they that hated us spoiled for themselves.
Thou makest vs to turne backe from the aduersary, and they, which hate vs, spoile for theselues.
11 You made us as sheep for meat; and you scattered us among the nations.
Thou giuest vs as sheepe to bee eaten, and doest scatter vs among the nations.
12 You have sold your people without price, and there was no profit by their exchange.
Thou sellest thy people without gaine, and doest not increase their price.
13 You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision them that are round about us.
Thou makest vs a reproche to our neighbours, a iest and a laughing stocke to them that are round about vs.
14 You have made us a proverb among the Gentiles, a shaking of the head among the nations.
Thou makest vs a prouerbe among the nations, and a nodding of the head among the people.
15 All the day my shame is before me, and the confusion of my face has covered me,
My confusion is dayly before me, and the shame of my face hath couered me,
16 because of the voice of the slanderer and reviler; because of the enemy and avenger.
For the voyce of the slaunderer and rebuker, for the enemie and auenger.
17 All these things are come upon us: but we have not forgotten you, neither have we dealt unrighteously in your covenant.
All this is come vpon vs, yet doe wee not forget thee, neither deale wee falsly concerning thy couenant.
18 And our heart has not gone back; but you have turned aside our paths from your way.
Our heart is not turned backe: neither our steps gone out of thy paths,
19 For you have laid us low in a place of affliction, and the shadow of death has covered us.
Albeit thou hast smitten vs downe into the place of dragons, and couered vs with the shadow of death.
20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, and if we have spread out our hands to a strange god; shall not God search these things out?
If wee haue forgotten the Name of our God, and holden vp our hands to a strange god,
21 for he knows the secrets of the heart.
Shall not God searche this out? for hee knoweth the secrets of the heart.
22 For, for your sake we are killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for slaughter.
Surely for thy sake are we slaine continually, and are counted as sheepe for the slaughter.
23 Awake, therefore sleep you, O Lord? arise, and do not cast [us] off for ever.
Vp, why sleepest thou, O Lord? awake, be not farre off for euer.
24 Therefore turn you your face away, [and] forget our poverty and our affliction?
Wherefore hidest thou thy face? and forgettest our miserie and our affliction?
25 For our soul has been brought down to the dust; our belly has cleaved to the earth.
For our soule is beaten downe vnto the dust: our belly cleaueth vnto the ground.
26 Arise, O Lord, help us, and redeem us for your name's sake.
Rise vp for our succour, and redeeme vs for thy mercies sake.
