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.
`To victorie, lernyng to the sones of Chore. God, we herden with oure eeris; oure fadris telden to vs. The werk, which thou wrouytist in the daies of hem; and in elde daies.
2 Thou, with thy hand, didst indeed drive out nations, and plant them; thou didst ill-treat people, and cause them to spread out.
Thin hond lost hethene men, and thou plauntidist hem; thou turmentidist puplis, and castidist hem 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 the children of Israel weldiden the lond not bi her swerd; and the arm of hem sauyde not hem. But thi riyt hond, and thin arm, and the liytnyng of thi cheer; for thou were plesid in hem.
4 Thou art my King, O God: ordain salvation for Jacob.
Thou art thi silf, my kyng and my God; that sendist helthis to Jacob.
5 Through thee will we butt down our assailants: through thy name will we tread under foot our opponents.
Bi thee we schulen wyndewe oure enemyes with horn; and in thi name we schulen dispise hem, that risen ayen vs.
6 For not in my bow will I trust, and my sword shall not help me.
For Y schal not hope in my bouwe; and my swerd schal not saue me.
7 But thou helpest us against our assailants, and those that hate us thou puttest to shame.
For thou hast saued vs fro men turmentinge vs; and thou hast schent men hatinge vs.
8 Of God we boast all the day, and to thy name will we give thanks for ever. (Selah)
We schulen be preisid in God al dai; and in thi name we schulen knouleche to thee in to the world.
9 But [now] thou hast cast off, and put us to the blush, and goest not forth with our armies.
But now thou hast put vs abac, and hast schent vs; and thou, God, schalt not go out in oure vertues.
10 Thou causest us to turn back from before our assailant: and they who hate us take spoil for themselves.
Thou hast turned vs awei bihynde aftir oure enemyes; and thei, that hatiden vs, rauyschiden dyuerseli to hem silf.
11 Thou givest us up like sheep for food, and among the nations hast thou dispersed us.
Thou hast youe vs as scheep of meetis; and among hethene men thou hast scaterid vs.
12 Thou sellest thy people for no value, and acquirest no gain by their price.
Thou hast seeld thi puple with out prijs; and multitude was not in the chaungyngis of hem.
13 Thou renderest us a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and a derision to those that are round about us.
Thou hast set vs schenschip to oure neiyboris; mouwyng and scorn to hem that ben in oure cumpas.
14 Thou renderest us a by-word among the nations, a shaking of the head among the people.
Thou hast set vs into licnesse to hethene me; stiryng of heed among puplis.
15 All the day is my disgrace before me, and the shame of my face covereth me;
Al dai my schame is ayens me; and the schenschipe of my face hilide me.
16 Because of the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and him that seeketh vengeance.
Fro the vois of dispisere, and yuele spekere; fro the face of enemy, and pursuere.
17 All this is come over us, yet have we not forgotten thee; nor have we dealt falsely by thy covenant;
Alle these thingis camen on vs, and we han not foryete thee; and we diden not wickidli in thi testament.
18 Our heart is not moved backward, nor hath our step turned aside from thy path:
And oure herte yede not awei bihynde; and thou hast bowid awei oure pathis fro thi weie.
19 Even when thou didst crush us in the abode of monsters, and cover us with the shadow of death.
For thou hast maad vs lowe in the place of turment; and the schadewe of deth hilide vs.
20 If we had forgotten the name of our God, or spread forth our hands to a strange God:
If we foryaten the name of oure God; and if we helden forth oure hondis to an alien God.
21 Would not God search out this? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
Whether God schal not seke these thingis? for he knowith the hid thingis of herte.
22 But for thy sake are we slain all the day; we are counted as flocks [destined] for slaughter.
For whi we ben slayn al dai for thee; we ben demed as scheep of sleyng.
23 Awake, wherefore wilt thou sleep, O Lord? arise, abandon us not for ever.
Lord, rise vp, whi slepist thou? rise vp, and putte not awei in to the ende.
24 Wherefore wilt thou hide thy face, wilt thou forget our misery, and our oppression?
Whi turnest thou awei thi face? thou foryetist oure pouert, and oure tribulacioun.
25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our body cleaveth unto the earth.
For oure lijf is maad low in dust; oure wombe is glued togidere in the erthe.
26 Arise unto our help, and redeem us for the sake of thy kindness.
Lord, rise vp thou, and helpe vs; and ayenbie vs for thi name.
