Psalms 44
1 To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil. We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times 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 How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and didst plant them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.
You, [with] Your hand, have dispossessed nations. And You plant them. You afflict peoples, and send them away.
3 For they obtained not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thy arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour 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 Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.
You [are] He, my King, O God, Command the deliverances of Jacob.
5 Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name we will tread them under that 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 shall my sword save me.
For I do not trust in my bow, And my sword does not save me.
7 But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.
For You have saved us from our adversaries, And You have put to shame those hating us.
8 In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. (Selah)
In God we have boasted all the day, And we thank Your Name for all time. (Selah)
9 But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.
In anger You have cast off and cause us to blush, And do not go forth with our hosts.
10 Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they who hate us have taken spoil for themselves.
You cause us to turn backward from an adversary, And those hating us, Have spoiled for themselves.
11 Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for food; and hast scattered us among the heathen.
You make us food like sheep, And You have scattered us among nations.
12 Thou sellest thy people for nothing, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.
You sell Your people—without wealth, And have not become great by their price.
13 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are around us.
You make us a reproach to our neighbors, A scorn and a reproach to our surrounders.
14 Thou makest us a by word among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
You make us an allegory among nations, A shaking of the head among peoples.
15 My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
All the day my confusion [is] before me, And the shame of my face has covered me.
16 For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger.
Because of the voice of a reproacher and reviler, Because of an enemy and a self-avenger.
17 All this is come upon us; yet we have not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
All this met us, and we did not forget You, Nor have we dealt falsely in Your covenant.
18 Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;
We do not turn our heart backward, Nor turn aside our step from Your path.
19 Though thou hast greatly broke us in the place of dragons, 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 stretched 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 Shall not God search out this? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
Does God not search this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart.
22 Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
Surely, for Your sake we have been slain all the day, Reckoned as sheep of the slaughter.
23 Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.
Stir up—why do You sleep, O Lord? Awake, do not cast us off forever.
24 Why hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
Why do You hide Your face? You forget our afflictions and our oppression,
25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth to the earth.
For our soul has bowed to the dust, Our belly has cleaved to the earth.
26 Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies’ sake.
Arise, a help to us, And ransom us for your kindness’ sake.
