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.
“For the leader of the music. A psalm of the sons of Korah.” O God! we have heard with our ears, Our fathers have told us, What deeds thou didst in their days, In the days of old.
2 You, [with] Your hand, have dispossessed nations. And You plant them. You afflict peoples, and send them away.
With thine own hand didst thou drive out the nations, And plant our fathers; Thou didst destroy the nations, And cause our fathers to flourish.
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 own swords did they gain possession of the land, Nor did their own arms give them victory; But thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance; For thou didst favor them!
4 You [are] He, my King, O God, Command the deliverances of Jacob.
Thou art my king, O God! O send deliverance to Jacob!
5 By You we push our adversaries, By Your Name we tread down our withstanders,
Through thee we may cast down our enemies; Through thy name we may trample upon our adversaries!
6 For I do not trust in my bow, And my sword does not save me.
I trust not in my bow, Nor can my sword save me.
7 For You have saved us from our adversaries, And You have put to shame those hating us.
But it is thou only who savest us from our enemies, And puttest to shame those who hate us!
8 In God we have boasted all the day, And we thank Your Name for all time. (Selah)
In God will we glory continually; Yea, we will praise thy name for ever! (Pause)
9 In anger You have cast off and cause us to blush, And do not go forth with our hosts.
Yet now thou hast cast us off, and put us to shame; Thou 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 makest us turn back from the enemy, And they who hate us make our goods their prey.
11 You make us food like sheep, And You have scattered us among nations.
Thou makest us like sheep destined for food, And scatterest us among the nations.
12 You sell Your people—without wealth, And have not become great by their price.
Thou sellest thy people for nought, And increasest not thy wealth by their price.
13 You make us a reproach to our neighbors, A scorn and a reproach to our surrounders.
Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, A scorn and a derision to those who are around us.
14 You make us an allegory among nations, A shaking of the head among peoples.
Thou makest us a byword among the nations, And causest the people to shake their heads at us.
15 All the day my confusion [is] before me, And the shame of my face has covered me.
My ignominy is continually before me, And shame covereth my face,
16 Because of the voice of a reproacher and reviler, Because of an enemy and a self-avenger.
On account of the voice of the scoffer and the reviler, And on account of the enemy and the avenger.
17 All this met us, and we did not forget You, Nor have we dealt falsely in Your covenant.
All this hath come upon us; Yet have we not forgotten thee, Nor have we been false to thy covenant.
18 We do not turn our heart backward, Nor turn aside our step from Your path.
Our hearts, have not wandered from thee, Nor have our feet gone out of thy path;
19 But You have struck us in a place of dragons, And cover us over with death-shade.
Though thou hast crushed us in a land of jackals, And covered us with thick darkness.
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 stretched forth our hands to a strange God,
21 Does God not search this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart.
Surely God would search it out; 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 we are killed all the day; We are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
23 Stir up—why do You sleep, O Lord? Awake, do not cast us off forever.
Awake! why sleepest thou, O Lord? Arise! cast us not off for ever!
24 Why do You hide Your face? You forget our afflictions and our oppression,
Wherefore dost thou hide thy face, And forget our affliction and oppression?
25 For our soul has bowed to the dust, Our belly has cleaved to the earth.
Our soul is bowed down to the dust; Our body cleaveth to the earth.
26 Arise, a help to us, And ransom us for your kindness’ sake.
Arise, O thou, our strength! And deliver us, for thy mercy's sake!
