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 chief musician. A psalm of the sons of Korah. A maschil. We have heard with our ears, God, our fathers have told us what work you did 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.
You drove out the nations with your hand, but you planted our people; you afflicted the peoples, but you spread our people out in the land.
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 they did not obtain the land for their possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them; but your right hand, your arm, and the light of your face, because you were favorable to them.
4 You [are] He, my King, O God, Command the deliverances of Jacob.
God, You are my King; command victory for Jacob.
5 By You we push our adversaries, By Your Name we tread down our withstanders,
Through you we will push down our adversaries; through your name we will tread them under, those who rise up against us.
6 For I do not trust in my bow, And my sword does not save me.
For I will not trust in my bow, neither will my sword save me.
7 For You have saved us from our adversaries, And You have put to shame those hating us.
But you have saved us from our adversaries, and have put 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 we have made our boast all the day long, and we will give thanks to your name forever. (Selah)
9 In anger You have cast off and cause us to blush, And do not go forth with our hosts.
But now you have thrown us off and brought us dishonor, and you do not go out with our armies.
10 You cause us to turn backward from an adversary, And those hating us, Have spoiled for themselves.
You make us turn back from the adversary; and those who hate us take spoil for themselves.
11 You make us food like sheep, And You have scattered us among nations.
You have made us like sheep to be slaughtered and have scattered us among the nations.
12 You sell Your people—without wealth, And have not become great by their price.
You sell your people for nothing; you have not increased your wealth by doing so.
13 You make us a reproach to our neighbors, A scorn and a reproach to our surrounders.
You make us a rebuke to our neighbors, scoffed and mocked by those around us.
14 You make us an allegory among nations, A shaking of the head among peoples.
You make us an insult among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.
15 All the day my confusion [is] before me, And the shame of my face has covered me.
All the day long my dishonor is before me, and the shame of my face has covered 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 who rebukes and insults, because 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 has come on us; yet we have not forgotten you or dealt falsely with your covenant.
18 We do not turn our heart backward, Nor turn aside our step from Your path.
Our heart has not turned back; our steps have not gone from your way.
19 But You have struck us in a place of dragons, And cover us over with death-shade.
Yet you have severely broken us in the place of jackals and covered 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 have forgotten the name of our God or spread out 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 this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart.
22 Surely, for Your sake we have been slain all the day, Reckoned as sheep of the slaughter.
Indeed, for your sake we are being killed all day long; we are considered to be sheep for the slaughter.
23 Stir up—why do You sleep, O Lord? Awake, do not cast us off forever.
Awake, why do you sleep, Lord? Arise, do not throw us off permanently.
24 Why do You hide Your face? You forget our afflictions and our oppression,
Why do you hide your face and forget our affliction and our oppression?
25 For our soul has bowed to the dust, Our belly has cleaved to the earth.
For we have melted away into the dust; our bodies cling to the earth.
26 Arise, a help to us, And ransom us for your kindness’ sake.
Rise up for our help and redeem us for the sake of your covenant faithfulness.
