Psalms 44

1 To the choirmaster of [the] sons of Korah a poem. O God - with ears our we have heard ancestors our they have recounted to us [the] deed[s] [which] you did in days their in days of antiquity.

To the chief music-maker. Of the sons of Korah Maschil. It has come to our ears, O God, our fathers have given us the story, of the works which you did in their days, in the old times,

2 You - hand your nations you dispossessed and you planted them you did harm to peoples and you set free them.

Uprooting the nations with your hand, and planting our fathers in their place; cutting down the nations, but increasing the growth of your people.

3 For not by sword their they took possession of [the] land and arm their not it saved them for right [hand] your and arm your and [the] light of face your for you took pleasure in them.

For they did not make the land theirs by their swords, and it was not their arms which kept them safe; but your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your face, because you had pleasure in them.

4 You he [are] king my O God ordain [the] victories of Jacob.

You are my King and my God; ordering salvation for Jacob.

5 By you opponents our we gore in name your we tread down [those who] rise up against us.

Through you will we overcome our haters; by your name will they be crushed under our feet who are violent against us.

6 For not in bow my I trust and sword my not it saves me.

I will not put faith in my bow, my sword will not be my salvation.

7 For you have saved us from foes our and [those who] hate us you have put to shame.

But it is you who have been our saviour from those who were against us, and have put to shame those who had hate for us.

8 In God we have boasted all the day and name your - for ever we will praise (Selah)

Our pride is in God at all times, to his name we give praise for ever. (Selah)

9 Also you have rejected and you have humiliated us and not you have gone out with armies our.

But now you have sent us away from you, and put us to shame; you do not go out with our armies.

10 You have made turn back us backwards from [the] opponent and [those who] hate us they have plundered for themselves.

Because of this we are turned back by the attacker: those who have hate for us take our goods for themselves.

11 You have made us like sheep of food and among the nations you have scattered us.

You have made us like sheep which are taken for meat; we are put to flight among the nations.

12 You have sold people your for not wealth and not you have made great by price their.

You let your people go for nothing; your wealth is not increased by their price.

13 You have made us a reproach to neighbors our mockery and derision to [those] around us.

You have made us to be looked down on by our neighbours, we are laughed at and shamed by those who are round about us.

14 You have made us a byword among the nations a shaking of head not peoples.

Our name is a word of shame among the nations, a sign for the shaking of heads among the peoples.

15 All the day ignominy my [is] before me and [the] shame of face my it has covered me.

My downfall is ever before me, and I am covered with the shame of my face;

16 From [the] sound of [one who] taunts and [one who] reviles because of an enemy and an avenger.

Because of the voice of him who says sharp and bitter words; because of the hater and him who is the instrument of punishment.

17 All this it has come to us and not we had forgotten you and not we had dealt falsely with covenant your.

All this has come on us, but still we have kept you in our memory; and we have not been false to your word.

18 Not it had turned back backwards heart our and it had turned aside steps our from path your.

Our hearts have not gone back, and our steps have not been turned out of your way;

19 For you have crushed us in a place of jackals and you have covered over us with deep darkness.

Though you have let us be crushed in the place of jackals, though we are covered with darkest shade.

20 If we had forgotten [the] name of God our and we had spread out hands our to a god strange.

If the name of our God has gone out of our minds, or if our hands have been stretched out to a strange god,

21 ¿ Not God will he search out this for he [is] knowing [the] secrets of [the] heart.

Will not God make search for it? for he sees the secrets of the heart.

22 For on you we have been killed all the day we have been regarded like sheep of slaughter.

Truly, because of you we are put to death every day; we are numbered like sheep for destruction.

23 Awake! - why? do you sleep - O Lord awake! may not you reject [us] to perpetuity.

Why are you sleeping, O Lord? awake! and come to our help, do not give us up for ever.

24 Why? face your do you hide do you forget? affliction our and oppression our.

Why is your face covered, and why do you give no thought to our trouble and our cruel fate?

25 For it has sunk down to the dust self our it has clung to the earth belly our.

For our souls are crushed down to the dust: our bodies are stretched out on the earth.

26 Arise! a help of us and redeem us for [the] sake of covenant loyalty your.

Up! and come to our help, and give us salvation because of your mercy.