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.
TO THE OVERSEER. AN INSTRUCTION OF THE SONS OF KORAH. O God, we have heard with our ears, Our fathers have recounted to us, The work You worked 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.
You, [with] Your hand, have dispossessed nations. And You plant them. You afflict peoples, and send them away.
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 they did not possess the land by their sword, And their arm did not give salvation to them, But Your right hand, and Your arm, And the light of Your countenance, Because You had accepted them.
4 God, You are my King; command victory for Jacob.
You [are] He, my King, O God, Command the deliverances of Jacob.
5 Through you we will push down our adversaries; through your name we will tread them under, those who rise up against us.
By You we push our adversaries, By Your Name we tread down our withstanders,
6 For I will not trust in my bow, neither will my sword save me.
For I do not trust in my bow, And my sword does not save me.
7 But you have saved us from our adversaries, and have put to shame those who hate us.
For You have saved us from our adversaries, And You have put to shame those hating us.
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 the day, And we thank Your Name for all time. (Selah)
9 But now you have thrown us off and brought us dishonor, and you do not go out with our armies.
In anger You have cast off and cause us to blush, And do not go forth with our hosts.
10 You make us turn back from the adversary; and those who hate us take spoil for themselves.
You cause us to turn backward from an adversary, And those hating us, Have spoiled for themselves.
11 You have made us like sheep to be slaughtered and have scattered us among the nations.
You make us food like sheep, And You have scattered us among nations.
12 You sell your people for nothing; you have not increased your wealth by doing so.
You sell Your people—without wealth, And have not become great by their price.
13 You make us a rebuke to our neighbors, scoffed and mocked by those around us.
You make us a reproach to our neighbors, A scorn and a reproach to our surrounders.
14 You make us an insult among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.
You make us an allegory among nations, A shaking of the head among peoples.
15 All the day long my dishonor is before me, and the shame of my face has covered me
All the day my confusion [is] before me, And the shame of my face has covered me.
16 because of the voice of him who rebukes and insults, because of the enemy and the avenger.
Because of the voice of a reproacher and reviler, Because of an enemy and a self-avenger.
17 All this has come on us; yet we have not forgotten you or dealt falsely with your covenant.
All this met us, and we did not forget You, Nor have we dealt falsely in Your covenant.
18 Our heart has not turned back; our steps have not gone from your way.
We do not turn our heart backward, Nor turn aside our step 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 struck us in a place of dragons, And cover us over with death-shade.
20 If we have forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a strange god,
If we have forgotten the Name of our God, And spread our hands to a strange God,
21 would not God search this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart.
Does God not search this out? For 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.
Surely, for Your sake we have been slain all the day, Reckoned as sheep of the slaughter.
23 Awake, why do you sleep, Lord? Arise, do not throw us off permanently.
Stir up—why do You sleep, O Lord? Awake, do not cast us off forever.
24 Why do you hide your face and forget our affliction and our oppression?
Why do You hide Your face? You forget our afflictions and our oppression,
25 For we have melted away into the dust; our bodies cling to the earth.
For our soul has bowed to the dust, Our belly has cleaved to the earth.
26 Rise up for our help and redeem us for the sake of your covenant faithfulness.
Arise, a help to us, And ransom us for your kindness’ sake.
