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.
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.
2 Thou, with thy hand, didst indeed drive out nations, and plant them; thou didst ill-treat people, and cause them to spread out.
Your hand utterly destroyed the heathen, and you did plant them: you did afflict the nations, and cast them out.
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 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.
4 Thou art my King, O God: ordain salvation for Jacob.
You are indeed my King and my God, who command deliverances for Jacob.
5 Through thee will we butt down our assailants: through thy name will we tread under foot our opponents.
In you will we push down our enemies, and in your name will we bring to nothing them that 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, and my sword shall not save me.
7 But thou helpest us against our assailants, and those that hate us thou puttest to shame.
For you have saved us from them that afflicted us, and have put to shame them that hated us.
8 Of God we boast all the day, and to thy name will we give thanks for ever. (Selah)
In God will we make our boast all the day, and to your name will we give thanks for ever. (Pause)
9 But [now] thou hast cast off, and put us to the blush, and goest not forth with our armies.
But now you have cast off, and put us to shame; and you will not go forth with our hosts.
10 Thou causest us to turn back from before our assailant: and they who hate us take spoil for themselves.
You have turned us back before our enemies; and they that hated us spoiled for themselves.
11 Thou givest us up like sheep for food, and among the nations hast thou dispersed us.
You made us as sheep for meat; and you scattered us amongst the nations.
12 Thou sellest thy people for no value, and acquirest no gain by their price.
You have sold your people without price, and there was no profit by their exchange.
13 Thou renderest us a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and a derision to those that are round about us.
You have made us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision them that are round about us.
14 Thou renderest us a by-word among the nations, a shaking of the head among the people.
You have made us a proverb amongst the Gentiles, a shaking of the head amongst the nations.
15 All the day is my disgrace before me, and the shame of my face covereth me;
All the day my shame is before me, and the confusion 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.
because of the voice of the slanderer and reviler; because of the enemy and avenger.
17 All this is come over us, yet have we not forgotten thee; nor have we dealt falsely by thy covenant;
All these things are come upon us: but we have not forgotten you, neither have we dealt unrighteously in your covenant.
18 Our heart is not moved backward, nor hath our step turned aside from thy path:
And our heart has not gone back; but you have turned aside our paths from your way.
19 Even when thou didst crush us in the abode of monsters, and cover us with the shadow of death.
For you have laid us low 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 spread out our hands to a strange god; shall not God search these things out?
21 Would not God search out this? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
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.
For, for your sake we are killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for slaughter.
23 Awake, wherefore wilt thou sleep, O Lord? arise, abandon us not for ever.
Awake, therefore sleep you, O Lord? arise, and do not cast [us] off for ever.
24 Wherefore wilt thou hide thy face, wilt thou forget our misery, and our oppression?
Therefore turn you your face away, [and] forget our poverty and our affliction?
25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our body cleaveth unto the earth.
For our soul has been brought down to the dust; our belly has cleaved to the earth.
26 Arise unto our help, and redeem us for the sake of thy kindness.
Arise, O Lord, help us, and redeem us for your name's sake.
