Psalms 44
1 “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.
To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil. We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, [what] work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.
2 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.
[How] thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; [how] thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.
3 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!
For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.
4 Thou art my king, O God! O send deliverance to Jacob!
Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.
5 Through thee we may cast down our enemies; Through thy name we may trample upon our adversaries!
Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
6 I trust not in my bow, Nor can my sword save me.
For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
7 But it is thou only who savest us from our enemies, And puttest to shame those who hate us!
But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.
8 In God will we glory continually; Yea, we will praise thy name for ever! (Pause)
In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. (Selah)
9 Yet now thou hast cast us off, and put us to shame; Thou goest not forth with our armies.
But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.
10 Thou makest us turn back from the enemy, And they who hate us make our goods their prey.
Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.
11 Thou makest us like sheep destined for food, And scatterest us among the nations.
Thou hast given us like sheep [appointed] for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen.
12 Thou sellest thy people for nought, And increasest not thy wealth by their price.
Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase [thy wealth] by their price.
13 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, A scorn and a derision to those who are around us.
Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
14 Thou makest us a byword among the nations, And causest the people to shake their heads at us.
Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
15 My ignominy is continually before me, And shame covereth my face,
My confusion [is] continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
16 On account of the voice of the scoffer and the reviler, And on account of the enemy and the avenger.
For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger.
17 All this hath come upon us; Yet have we not forgotten thee, Nor have we been false to thy covenant.
All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
18 Our hearts, have not wandered from thee, Nor have our feet gone out of thy path;
Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;
19 Though thou hast crushed us in a land of jackals, And covered us with thick darkness.
Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.
20 If we had forgotten the name of our God, Or stretched forth our hands to a strange God,
If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;
21 Surely God would search it out; For he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
22 But for thy sake we are killed all the day; We are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
23 Awake! why sleepest thou, O Lord? Arise! cast us not off for ever!
Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast [us] not off for ever.
24 Wherefore dost thou hide thy face, And forget our affliction and oppression?
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, [and] forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
25 Our soul is bowed down to the dust; Our body cleaveth to the earth.
For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
26 Arise, O thou, our strength! And deliver us, for thy mercy's sake!
Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies’ sake.
