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 Overseer. — By sons of Korah. An Instruction. O God, with our ears we have heard, Our fathers have recounted to us, The work Thou didst work 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.
Thou, [with] Thy hand, nations hast dispossessed. And Thou dost plant them. Thou afflictest peoples, and sendest them away.
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 Possessed they the land, And their arm gave not salvation to them, But Thy right hand, and Thine arm, And the light of Thy countenance, Because Thou hadst accepted them.
4 You [are] He, my King, O God, Command the deliverances of Jacob.
Thou [art] He, my king, O God, Command the deliverances of Jacob.
5 By You we push our adversaries, By Your Name we tread down our withstanders,
By Thee our adversaries we do push, By Thy name tread down our withstanders,
6 For I do not trust in my bow, And my sword does not save me.
For, not in my bow do I trust, And my sword doth not save me.
7 For You have saved us from our adversaries, And You have put to shame those hating us.
For Thou hast saved us from our adversaries, And those hating us Thou hast put to shame.
8 In God we have boasted all the day, And we thank Your Name for all time. (Selah)
In God we have boasted all the day, And Thy name to the age we thank. (Selah)
9 In anger You have cast off and cause us to blush, And do not go forth with our hosts.
In anger Thou hast cast off and causest us to blush, And goest not forth with our hosts.
10 You cause us to turn backward from an adversary, And those hating us, Have spoiled for themselves.
Thou causest us to turn backward from an adversary, And those hating us, Have spoiled for themselves.
11 You make us food like sheep, And You have scattered us among nations.
Thou makest us food like sheep, And among nations Thou hast scattered us.
12 You sell Your people—without wealth, And have not become great by their price.
Thou sellest Thy people — without wealth, And hast not become great 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 neighbours, A scorn and a reproach to our surrounders.
14 You make us an allegory among nations, A shaking of the head among peoples.
Thou makest us a simile among nations, A shaking of the head among peoples.
15 All the day my confusion [is] before me, And the shame of my face has covered me.
All the day my confusion [is] before me, And the shame of my face hath 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 a reproacher and reviler, Because of an enemy and a self-avenger.
17 All this met us, and we did not forget You, Nor have we dealt falsely in Your covenant.
All this met us, and we did not forget Thee, Nor have we dealt falsely in Thy covenant.
18 We do not turn our heart backward, Nor turn aside our step from Your path.
We turn not backward our heart, Nor turn aside doth our step from Thy path.
19 But You have struck us in a place of dragons, And cover us over with death-shade.
But Thou hast smitten us in a place of dragons, And dost cover us over with death-shade.
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, And spread our hands to a strange God,
21 Does God not search this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart.
Doth 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.
Surely, for Thy sake we have been slain all the day, Reckoned as sheep of the slaughter.
23 Stir up—why do You sleep, O Lord? Awake, do not cast us off forever.
Stir up — why dost Thou sleep, O Lord? Awake, cast us not off for ever.
24 Why do You hide Your face? You forget our afflictions and our oppression,
Why Thy face hidest Thou? Thou forgettest our afflictions and our oppression,
25 For our soul has bowed to the dust, Our belly has cleaved to the earth.
For bowed to the dust hath our soul, Cleaved to the earth hath our belly.
26 Arise, a help to us, And ransom us for your kindness’ sake.
Arise, a help to us, And ransom us for thy kindness' sake.
