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.
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 indeed drive out nations, and plant them; thou didst ill-treat people, and cause them to spread out.
Your hand dispersed the Gentiles, and you transplanted them. You afflicted a people, and you expelled them.
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 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: ordain salvation for Jacob.
You yourself are my king and my God, who commands the salvation of Jacob.
5 Through thee will we butt down our assailants: through thy name will we tread under foot our opponents.
With you, we will brandish a horn before our enemies; and in your name, we will spurn those rising up against us.
6 For not in my bow will I trust, and my sword shall not help me.
For I will not hope in my bow, and my sword will 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 those who afflict us, and you have bewildered those 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 will give praise all day long; and in your name, we will confess forever.
9 But [now] thou hast cast off, and put us to the blush, and goest not forth with our armies.
But now, you have rejected and bewildered us, and you will not go forth with our armies, O God.
10 Thou causest us to turn back from before our assailant: and they who hate us take spoil for themselves.
You have turned our back to our enemies, and those who hated us have plundered for themselves.
11 Thou givest us up like sheep for food, and among the nations hast thou dispersed us.
You have given us over like sheep for food. You have scattered us among the Gentiles.
12 Thou sellest thy people for no value, and acquirest no gain by their price.
You have sold your people without a price, and no great number was exchanged for them.
13 Thou renderest us a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and a derision to those 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 renderest us a by-word among the nations, a shaking of the head among the people.
You have set us as a parable among the Gentiles, 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 day long 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.
before the voice of the reproacher and the commentator, before the face of the adversary and the pursuer.
17 All this is come over us, yet have we not forgotten thee; nor have we dealt falsely by 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 moved backward, nor hath our step turned aside from thy path:
And our heart has not turned back. And you have not diverted our steps 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 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 out this? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
will not God find 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.
For, because of you, we are being killed all day long. We are considered as sheep for the slaughter.
23 Awake, wherefore wilt thou sleep, O Lord? arise, abandon us not for ever.
Rise up. Why do you fall asleep, O Lord? Rise up, and do not reject us in the end.
24 Wherefore wilt thou hide thy face, wilt thou forget our misery, 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 body cleaveth unto the earth.
For our soul has been humbled into the dust. Our belly has been bound to the earth.
26 Arise unto our help, and redeem us for the sake of thy kindness.
Rise up, O Lord. Help us and redeem us, because of your name.
