Psalms 44
1 “To the chief musician, for the sons of Korach, a Maskil.” O God, with our ears have we heard, our fathers have told us, deeds which thou hadst done in their days, in times of old.
We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou did in their days, in the days of old.
2 Thou, with thy hand, didst indeed drive out nations, and plant them; thou didst ill-treat people, and cause them to spread out.
Thou drove out the nations with thy hand, but thou planted them. Thou afflicted the peoples, but thou spread them abroad.
3 For not by their sword did they obtain possession of the land, and their own arm brought them no victory; but thy right hand, and thy arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst given them thy favor.
For they did not get the land in possession by their own sword, nor did their own arm save them, but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou were favorable to them.
4 Thou art my King, O God: ordain salvation for Jacob.
Thou are my King, O God. Command deliverance for Jacob.
5 Through thee will we butt down our assailants: through thy name will we tread under foot our opponents.
Through thee we will push down our adversaries. Through thy name we will tread them under who rise up against us.
6 For not in my bow will I trust, and my sword shall not help me.
For I will not trust in my bow, nor shall my sword save me.
7 But thou helpest us against our assailants, and those that hate us thou puttest to shame.
But thou have saved us from our adversaries, and have put them to shame who hate us.
8 Of God we boast all the day, and to thy name will we give thanks for ever. (Selah)
In God we have made our boast all the day long, and we will give thanks to thy name forever. (Selah)
9 But [now] thou hast cast off, and put us to the blush, and goest not forth with our armies.
But now thou have cast off, and brought us to dishonor, and go not forth with our armies.
10 Thou causest us to turn back from before our assailant: and they who hate us take spoil for themselves.
Thou make us to turn back from the adversary. And those who hate us take spoil for themselves.
11 Thou givest us up like sheep for food, and among the nations hast thou dispersed us.
Thou have made us like sheep for food, and have scattered us among the nations.
12 Thou sellest thy people for no value, and acquirest no gain by their price.
Thou sell thy people for nothing, and have not increased by their price.
13 Thou renderest us a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and a derision to those that are round about us.
Thou make us a reproach to our neighbors, a scoffing and a derision to those who are round about us.
14 Thou renderest us a by-word among the nations, a shaking of the head among the people.
Thou make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.
15 All the day is my disgrace before me, and the shame of my face covereth me;
All the day long my dishonor is before me, and the shame of my face has covered me,
16 Because of the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and him that seeketh vengeance.
for the voice of him who reproaches and blasphemes, because of the enemy and the avenger.
17 All this is come over us, yet have we not forgotten thee; nor have we dealt falsely by thy covenant;
All this has come upon us, yet we have not forgotten thee, nor have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
18 Our heart is not moved backward, nor hath our step turned aside from thy path:
Our heart is not turned back, nor have our steps declined from thy way,
19 Even when thou didst crush us in the abode of monsters, and cover us with the shadow of death.
that thou have greatly broken us in the place of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.
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, or spread forth our hands to a strange god,
21 Would not God search out this? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
will not God search this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart.
22 But for thy sake are we slain all the day; we are counted as flocks [destined] for slaughter.
Yea, for thy sake we are killed all the day long. We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
23 Awake, wherefore wilt thou sleep, O Lord? arise, abandon us not for ever.
Awake, why do thou sleep, O Lord? Arise, cast not off forever.
24 Wherefore wilt thou hide thy face, wilt thou forget our misery, and our oppression?
Why do thou hide thy face, and forget our affliction and our oppression?
25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our body cleaveth unto the earth.
For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our body clings to the ground.
26 Arise unto our help, and redeem us for the sake of thy kindness.
Rise up for our help, and redeem us for thy loving kindness' sake.
