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.
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 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.
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 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 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 Thou art my king, O God! O send deliverance to Jacob!
God, You are my King; command victory for Jacob.
5 Through thee we may cast down our enemies; Through thy name we may trample upon our adversaries!
Through you we will push down our adversaries; through your name we will tread them under, those who 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 will 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 you have saved us from our adversaries, and have put to shame those who hate us.
8 In God will we glory continually; Yea, we will praise thy name for ever! (Pause)
In God we have made our boast all the day long, and we will give thanks to your name forever. (Selah)
9 Yet now thou hast cast us off, and put us to shame; Thou goest not forth with our armies.
But now you have thrown us off and brought us dishonor, and you do not go out with our armies.
10 Thou makest us turn back from the enemy, And they who hate us make our goods their prey.
You make us turn back from the adversary; and those who hate us take spoil for themselves.
11 Thou makest us like sheep destined for food, And scatterest us among the nations.
You have made us like sheep to be slaughtered and have scattered us among the nations.
12 Thou sellest thy people for nought, And increasest not thy wealth by their price.
You sell your people for nothing; you have not increased your wealth by doing so.
13 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, A scorn and a derision to those who are around us.
You make us a rebuke to our neighbors, scoffed and mocked by those around us.
14 Thou makest us a byword among the nations, And causest the people to shake their heads at us.
You make us an insult among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.
15 My ignominy is continually before me, And shame covereth my face,
All the day long my dishonor is before me, and the shame of my face has covered me
16 On account of the voice of the scoffer and the reviler, And on account of the enemy and the avenger.
because of the voice of him who rebukes and insults, because of the enemy and the avenger.
17 All this hath come upon us; Yet have we not forgotten thee, Nor have we been false to thy covenant.
All this has come on us; yet we have not forgotten you or dealt falsely with your covenant.
18 Our hearts, have not wandered from thee, Nor have our feet gone out of thy path;
Our heart has not turned back; our steps have not gone from your way.
19 Though thou hast crushed us in a land of jackals, And covered us with thick darkness.
Yet you have severely broken us in the place of jackals 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 spread out our hands to a strange god,
21 Surely God would search it out; For he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
would not God search this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart.
22 But for thy sake we are killed all the day; We are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
Indeed, for your sake we are being killed all day long; we are considered to be sheep for the slaughter.
23 Awake! why sleepest thou, O Lord? Arise! cast us not off for ever!
Awake, why do you sleep, Lord? Arise, do not throw us off permanently.
24 Wherefore dost thou hide thy face, And forget our affliction and oppression?
Why do you hide your face and forget our affliction and our oppression?
25 Our soul is bowed down to the dust; Our body cleaveth to the earth.
For we have melted away into the dust; our bodies cling to the earth.
26 Arise, O thou, our strength! And deliver us, for thy mercy's sake!
Rise up for our help and redeem us for the sake of your covenant faithfulness.
