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. — By sons of Korah. An Instruction. O God, with our ears we have heard, Our fathers have recounted to us, The work Thou didst work 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.
Thou, [with] Thy hand, nations hast dispossessed. And Thou dost plant them. Thou afflictest peoples, and sendest 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 favor to them.
For, not by their sword Possessed they the land, And their arm gave not salvation to them, But Thy right hand, and Thine arm, And the light of Thy countenance, Because Thou hadst accepted them.
4 Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.
Thou [art] 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 Thee our adversaries we do push, By Thy name tread down our withstanders,
6 For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
For, not in my bow do I trust, And my sword doth not save me.
7 But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.
For Thou hast saved us from our adversaries, And those hating us Thou hast put to shame.
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 Thy name to the age we thank. (Selah)
9 But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.
In anger Thou hast cast off and causest us to blush, And goest not forth with our hosts.
10 Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they who hate us plunder for themselves.
Thou causest 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.
Thou makest us food like sheep, And among nations Thou hast scattered us.
12 Thou sellest thy people for naught, and dost not increase [thy wealth] by their price.
Thou sellest Thy people — without wealth, And hast not become great by their price.
13 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and a derision to them that are around us.
Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, 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.
Thou makest us a simile 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 hath 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 Thee, Nor have we dealt falsely in Thy covenant.
18 Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;
We turn not backward our heart, Nor turn aside doth our step from Thy path.
19 Though thou hast severely broke us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shades of death.
But Thou hast smitten us in a place of dragons, And dost 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 Will not God search out this? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
Doth not God search out this? For He knoweth the secrets of the heart.
22 Yes, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
Surely, for Thy 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 dost Thou sleep, O Lord? Awake, cast us not off for ever.
24 Why hidest thou thy face, [and] forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
Why Thy face hidest Thou? Thou forgettest our afflictions and our oppression,
25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth to the earth.
For bowed to the dust hath our soul, Cleaved to the earth hath our belly.
26 Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake.
Arise, a help to us, And ransom us for thy kindness' sake.
