Psalms 44
1 TO THE OVERSEER. AN INSTRUCTION OF THE SONS OF KORAH. O God, we have heard with our ears, Our fathers have recounted to us, The work You worked in their days, In the days of old.
“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.
2 You, [with] Your hand, have dispossessed nations. And You plant them. You afflict peoples, and send them away.
Thou, with thy hand, didst indeed drive out nations, and plant them; thou didst ill-treat people, and cause them to spread out.
3 For they did not possess the land by their sword, And their arm did not give salvation to them, But Your right hand, and Your arm, And the light of Your countenance, Because You had accepted them.
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.
4 You [are] He, my King, O God, Command the deliverances of Jacob.
Thou art my King, O God: ordain salvation for Jacob.
5 By You we push our adversaries, By Your Name we tread down our withstanders,
Through thee will we butt down our assailants: through thy name will we tread under foot our opponents.
6 For I do not trust in my bow, And my sword does not save me.
For not in my bow will I trust, and my sword shall not help me.
7 For You have saved us from our adversaries, And You have put to shame those hating us.
But thou helpest us against our assailants, and those that hate us thou puttest to shame.
8 In God we have boasted all the day, And we thank Your Name for all time. (Selah)
Of God we boast all the day, and to thy name will we give thanks for ever. (Selah)
9 In anger You have cast off and cause us to blush, And do not go forth with our hosts.
But [now] thou hast cast off, and put us to the blush, and goest not forth with our armies.
10 You cause us to turn backward from an adversary, And those hating us, Have spoiled for themselves.
Thou causest us to turn back from before our assailant: and they who hate us take spoil for themselves.
11 You make us food like sheep, And You have scattered us among nations.
Thou givest us up like sheep for food, and among the nations hast thou dispersed us.
12 You sell Your people—without wealth, And have not become great by their price.
Thou sellest thy people for no value, and acquirest no gain by their price.
13 You make us a reproach to our neighbors, A scorn and a reproach to our surrounders.
Thou renderest us a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and a derision to those that are round about us.
14 You make us an allegory among nations, A shaking of the head among peoples.
Thou renderest us a by-word among the nations, a shaking of the head among the people.
15 All the day my confusion [is] before me, And the shame of my face has covered me.
All the day is my disgrace before me, and the shame of my face covereth me;
16 Because of the voice of a reproacher and reviler, Because of an enemy and a self-avenger.
Because of the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and him that seeketh vengeance.
17 All this met us, and we did not forget You, Nor have we dealt falsely in Your covenant.
All this is come over us, yet have we not forgotten thee; nor have we dealt falsely by thy covenant;
18 We do not turn our heart backward, Nor turn aside our step from Your path.
Our heart is not moved backward, nor hath our step turned aside from thy path:
19 But You have struck us in a place of dragons, And cover us over with death-shade.
Even when thou didst crush us in the abode of monsters, and cover us with the shadow of death.
20 If we have forgotten the Name of our God, And spread our hands to a strange God,
If we had forgotten the name of our God, or spread forth our hands to a strange God:
21 Does God not search this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart.
Would not God search out this? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
22 Surely, for Your sake we have been slain all the day, Reckoned as sheep of the slaughter.
But for thy sake are we slain all the day; we are counted as flocks [destined] for slaughter.
23 Stir up—why do You sleep, O Lord? Awake, do not cast us off forever.
Awake, wherefore wilt thou sleep, O Lord? arise, abandon us not for ever.
24 Why do You hide Your face? You forget our afflictions and our oppression,
Wherefore wilt thou hide thy face, wilt thou forget our misery, and our oppression?
25 For our soul has bowed to the dust, Our belly has cleaved to the earth.
For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our body cleaveth unto the earth.
26 Arise, a help to us, And ransom us for your kindness’ sake.
Arise unto our help, and redeem us for the sake of thy kindness.
