Psalms 44
1 To the Chief Musician. For the Sons of Korah. An Instructive Psalm. O God! with our own ears, have we heard, Our fathers, have recounted to us, —The work thou didst work, In their day, In the days of aforetime:
For the Leader; a Psalm of the sons of Korah. Maschil. O God, we have heard with our ears, our fathers have told us; a work Thou didst in their days, in the days of old.
2 Thou thyself, with thine own hand—Didst dispossess, nations, and didst plant them, Didst break peoples in pieces, and didst spread them out:
Thou with Thy hand didst drive out the nations, and didst plant them in; Thou didst break the peoples, and didst spread them abroad.
3 For, not by their own sword, gat they possession of the land, Nor did, their own arm, win victory for them, —But thine own right hand, and thine own arm, and the light of thy face, Because thou hadst accepted them.
For not by their own sword did they get the land in possession, neither did their own arm save them; but Thy right hand, and Thine arm, and the light of Thy countenance, because Thou wast favourable unto them.
4 Thou thyself, art my king, O God, Command thou the victories of Jacob.
Thou art my King, O God; command the salvation of Jacob.
5 By thee, will we thrust at, our adversaries, In thy Name, will we tread down our assailants;
Through Thee do we push down our adversaries; through Thy name do we tread them under that rise up against us.
6 For, not in my bow, will I trust, Nor shall, my sword, give me victory;
For I trust not in my bow, neither can my sword save me.
7 For thou hast saved us from our adversaries, And, them who hated us, hast thou put to shame.
But Thou hast saved us from our adversaries, and hast put them to shame that hate us.
8 In God, have we boasted all the day, And, thy Name—unto times age-abiding, will we praise. (Selah)
In God have we gloried all the day, and we will give thanks unto Thy name for ever. (Selah)
9 But nay thou hast rejected, and confounded us, And wilt not go forth with our hosts;
Yet Thou hast cast off, and brought us to confusion; and goest not forth with our hosts.
10 Thou sufferest us to turn back from the adversary, And, they who hate us, have plundered at will:
Thou makest us to turn back from the adversary; and they that hate us spoil at their will.
11 Thou dost give us up like sheep to be devoured, And, amongst the nations, hast thou scattered us.
Thou hast given us like sheep to be eaten; and hast scattered us among the nations.
12 Thou dost sell thy people for, no-value, And hast not made increase by their price.
Thou sellest Thy people for small gain, and hast not set their prices high.
13 Thou dost make us, A reproach to our neighbours, A mockery and a derision to them who are round about us:
Thou makest us a taunt to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
14 Thou dost make us, A by-word among the nations, —A shaking of the head among the peoples.
Thou makest us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.
15 All the day, is my confusion before me, And, the shame of my face, hath covered me:
All the day is my confusion before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
16 At the voice of him who reproacheth and revileth, At the face of the foe and avenger.
For the voice of him that taunteth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and the revengeful.
17 All this, hath come upon us, Yet had we not forgotten thee, Neither had we dealt falsely with thy covenant;
All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten Thee, neither have we been false to Thy covenant.
18 Our heart had not drawn back, Nor had our goings swerved from thy path;
Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from Thy path;
19 That thou shouldst have crushed us down in the place of wild dogs, And covered us over with a deadly shadow.
Though Thou hast crushed us into a place of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.
20 If we had forgotten the Name of our God, And had spread forth our hands unto the GOD of the foreigner,
If we had forgotten the name of our God, or spread forth our hands to a strange god;
21 Would not, God, have searched into this, Seeing that, he, knoweth the secrets of the heart?
Would not God search this out? For He knoweth the secrets of the heart.
22 Surely, for thy sake, have we been slain all the day, We have been accounted as sheep for slaughter.
Nay, but for Thy sake are we killed all the day; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
23 Awake thou! wherefore shouldst thou sleep, O Lord? Bestir thee! do not reject us altogether!
Awake, why sleepest Thou, O Lord? Arouse Thyself, cast not off for ever.
24 Wherefore shouldst thou hide, thy face? Shouldst forget our humiliation and our oppression?
Wherefore hidest Thou Thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
25 For our soul, sinketh 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 to our help, And ransom us, because of thine own lovingkindness.
Arise for our help, and redeem us for Thy mercy's sake.
