Psalms 44
1 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.
For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us the work You did in their days, in the days of old.
2 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.
With Your hand You drove out the nations and planted our fathers there; You crushed the peoples and cast them out.
3 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.
For it was not by their sword that they took the land; their arm did not bring them victory. It was by Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face, because You favored them.
4 God, You are my King; command victory for Jacob.
You are my King, O God, who ordains victories for Jacob.
5 Through you we will push down our adversaries; through your name we will tread them under, those who rise up against us.
Through You we repel our foes; through Your name we trample our enemies.
6 For I will not trust in my bow, neither will my sword save me.
For I do not trust in my bow, nor does my sword save me.
7 But you have saved us from our adversaries, and have put to shame those who hate us.
For You save us from our enemies; You put those who hate us to shame.
8 In God we have made our boast all the day long, and we will give thanks to your name forever. (Selah)
In God we have boasted all day long, and Your name we will praise forever.
9 But now you have thrown us off and brought us dishonor, and you do not go out with our armies.
But You have rejected and humbled us; You no longer go forth with our armies.
10 You make us turn back from the adversary; and those who hate us take spoil for themselves.
You have made us retreat from the foe, and those who hate us have plundered us.
11 You have made us like sheep to be slaughtered and have scattered us among the nations.
You have given us up as sheep to be devoured; You have scattered us among the nations.
12 You sell your people for nothing; you have not increased your wealth by doing so.
You sell Your people for nothing; no profit do You gain from their sale.
13 You make us a rebuke to our neighbors, scoffed and mocked by those around us.
You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and derision to those around us.
14 You make us an insult among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.
You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.
15 All the day long my dishonor is before me, and the shame of my face has covered me
All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face,
16 because of the voice of him who rebukes and insults, because of the enemy and the avenger.
at the voice of the scorner and reviler, because of the enemy, bent on revenge.
17 All this has come on us; yet we have not forgotten you or dealt falsely with your covenant.
All this has come upon us, though we have not forgotten You or betrayed Your covenant.
18 Our heart has not turned back; our steps have not gone from your way.
Our hearts have not turned back; our steps have not strayed from Your path.
19 Yet you have severely broken us in the place of jackals and covered us with the shadow of death.
But You have crushed us in the lair of jackals; You have covered us with deepest darkness.
20 If we have forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a strange god,
If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,
21 would not God search this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart.
would not God have discovered, since He knows the secrets of the heart?
22 Indeed, for your sake we are being killed all day long; we are considered to be sheep for the slaughter.
Yet for Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.
23 Awake, why do you sleep, Lord? Arise, do not throw us off permanently.
Wake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping? Arise! Do not reject us forever.
24 Why do you hide your face and forget our affliction and our oppression?
Why do You hide Your face and forget our affliction and oppression?
25 For we have melted away into the dust; our bodies cling to the earth.
For our soul has sunk to the dust; our bodies cling to the earth.
26 Rise up for our help and redeem us for the sake of your covenant faithfulness.
Rise up; be our help! Redeem us on account of Your loving devotion.
