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.

For the Chief Musician; [a Psalm] of the sons of Korah. Maschil. We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the days of old.

2 Your hand utterly destroyed the heathen, and you did plant them: you did afflict the nations, and cast them out.

Thou didst drive out the nations with thy hand, and plantedst them in; thou didst afflict the peoples, and didst spread them abroad.

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 gat not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.

4 You are indeed my King and my God, who command deliverances for Jacob.

Thou art my King, O God: command deliverance for Jacob.

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 will we push down our adversaries: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.

6 For I will not trust in my bow, and my sword shall not save me.

For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.

7 For you have saved us from them that afflicted us, and have put to shame them that hated us.

But thou hast saved us from our adversaries, and hast put them to shame that hate us.

8 In God will we make our boast all the day, and to your name will we give thanks for ever. (Pause)

In God have we made our boast all the day long, and we will give thanks unto thy name for ever. (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 hast cast [us] off, and brought us to dishonour; and goest not forth with our hosts.

10 You have turned us back before our enemies; and they that hated us spoiled for themselves.

Thou makest us to turn back from the adversary: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.

11 You made us as sheep for meat; and you scattered us among the nations.

Thou hast given us like sheep [appointed] for meat; and hast scattered us among the nations.

12 You have sold your people without price, and there was no profit by their exchange.

Thou sellest thy people for nought, and hast not increased [thy wealth] by their price.

13 You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision them that are round about us.

Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.

14 You have made us a proverb among the Gentiles, a shaking of the head among the nations.

Thou makest us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.

15 All the day my shame is before me, and the confusion of my face has covered me,

All the day long is my dishonour before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,

16 because of the voice of the slanderer and reviler; because of the enemy and avenger.

For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and the avenger.

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 upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.

18 And our heart has not gone back; but you have turned aside our paths from your way.

Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;

19 For you have laid us low in a place of affliction, and the shadow of death has covered us.

That thou hast sore broken us in the place of jackals, and covered us 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 we have forgotten the name of our God, or spread forth our hands to a strange god;

21 for he knows the secrets of the heart.

Shall not God search this out? for he 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.

Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.

23 Awake, therefore sleep you, O Lord? arise, and do not cast [us] off for ever.

Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast [us] not off for ever.

24 Therefore turn you your face away, [and] forget our poverty and our affliction?

Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?

25 For our soul has been brought down to the dust; our belly has cleaved to the earth.

For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.

26 Arise, O Lord, help us, and redeem us for your name's sake.

Rise up for our help, and redeem us for thy lovingkindness’ sake.