Psalms 44
1 [For the Chief Musician. By the sons of Korah. A contemplative psalm.] We have heard with our ears, God; our fathers have told us, what work you did 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 drove out the nations with your hand, but you planted them. You afflicted the peoples, but you spread them abroad.
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 get the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them; but your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your face, because you were favorable to 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 my King, my God, who commands victories for Jacob.
Thou art my king, O God! O send deliverance to Jacob!
5 Through you we will push back our adversaries. Through your name we will trample down those who rise up against us.
Through thee we may cast down our enemies; Through thy name we may trample upon our adversaries!
6 For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
I trust not in my bow, Nor can my sword save me.
7 But you have saved us from our adversaries, and have shamed those who hate 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 made our boast all day long, we will give thanks to your name forever. (Selah)
In God will we glory continually; Yea, we will praise thy name for ever! (Pause)
9 But now you rejected us, and brought us to dishonor, and do not go out with our armies.
Yet now thou hast cast us off, and put us to shame; Thou goest not forth with our armies.
10 You make us turn back from the adversary. Those who hate us take spoil for themselves.
Thou makest us turn back from the enemy, And they who hate us make our goods their prey.
11 You have made us like sheep for food, and have scattered us among the nations.
Thou makest us like sheep destined for food, And scatterest us among the nations.
12 You sell your people for nothing, and have gained nothing from their sale.
Thou sellest thy people for nought, And increasest not thy wealth by their price.
13 You make us the taunt of our neighbors, a scoffing and a derision to those who are around us.
Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, A scorn and a derision to those who are around us.
14 You make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.
Thou makest us a byword among the nations, And causest the people to shake their heads at us.
15 All day long my dishonor is before me, and shame covers my face,
My ignominy is continually before me, And shame covereth my face,
16 At the taunt of one who reproaches and verbally abuses, because of the enemy and the avenger.
On account of the voice of the scoffer and the reviler, And on account of the enemy and the avenger.
17 All this has come on us, yet have we not forgotten you, Neither have we been false to your covenant.
All this hath come upon us; Yet have we not forgotten thee, Nor have we been false to thy covenant.
18 Our heart has not turned back, neither have our steps strayed from your path,
Our hearts, have not wandered from thee, Nor have our feet gone out of thy path;
19 Though you have crushed us in the haunt of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.
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, or spread forth 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 won't God 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 For your sake we are killed all day long. We are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.
But for thy sake we are killed all the day; We are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
23 Wake up. Why do you sleep, YHWH? Arise. Do not reject us forever.
Awake! why sleepest thou, O Lord? Arise! cast us not off for ever!
24 Why do you hide your face, and forget our affliction and our oppression?
Wherefore dost thou hide thy face, And forget our affliction and oppression?
25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust. Our body cleaves to the earth.
Our soul is bowed down to the dust; Our body cleaveth to the earth.
26 Rise up to help us. Redeem us for your loving kindness' sake.
Arise, O thou, our strength! And deliver us, for thy mercy's sake!
