Psalms 44
1 For the Chief Musician. By the sons of Korah. A contemplative psalm. 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 Chief Musician. For the Sons of Korah. An Instructive Psalm. O God! with our own ears, have we heard, Our fathers, have recounted to us, —The work thou didst work, In their day, In the days of aforetime:
2 You drove out the nations with your hand, but you planted them. You afflicted the peoples, but you spread them abroad.
Thou thyself, with thine own hand—Didst dispossess, nations, and didst plant them, Didst break peoples in pieces, and didst spread them out:
3 For they didn’t get the land in 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, not by their own sword, gat they possession of the land, Nor did, their own arm, win victory for them, —But thine own right hand, and thine own arm, and the light of thy face, Because thou hadst accepted them.
4 God, you are my King. Command victories for Jacob!
Thou thyself, art my king, O God, Command thou the victories of Jacob.
5 Through you, we will push down our adversaries. Through your name, we will tread down those who rise up against us.
By thee, will we thrust at, our adversaries, In thy Name, will we tread down our assailants;
6 For I will not trust in my bow, neither will my sword save me.
For, not in my bow, will I trust, Nor shall, my sword, give me victory;
7 But you have saved us from our adversaries, and have shamed those who hate us.
For thou hast saved us from our adversaries, And, them who hated us, hast thou put to shame.
8 In God we have made our boast all day long. We will give thanks to your name forever. (Selah)
In God, have we boasted all the day, And, thy Name—unto times age-abiding, will we praise. (Selah)
9 But now you rejected us, and brought us to dishonor, and don’t go out with our armies.
But nay thou hast rejected, and confounded us, And wilt not go forth with our hosts;
10 You make us turn back from the adversary. Those who hate us take plunder for themselves.
Thou sufferest us to turn back from the adversary, And, they who hate us, have plundered at will:
11 You have made us like sheep for food, and have scattered us among the nations.
Thou dost give us up like sheep to be devoured, And, amongst the nations, hast thou scattered us.
12 You sell your people for nothing, and have gained nothing from their sale.
Thou dost sell thy people for, no-value, And hast not made increase by their price.
13 You make us a reproach to our neighbors, a scoffing and a derision to those who are around us.
Thou dost make us, A reproach to our neighbours, A mockery and a derision to them who are round about us:
14 You make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.
Thou dost make us, A by-word among the nations, —A shaking of the head among the peoples.
15 All day long my dishonor is before me, and shame covers my face,
All the day, is my confusion before me, And, the shame of my face, hath covered me:
16 at the taunt of one who reproaches and verbally abuses, because of the enemy and the avenger.
At the voice of him who reproacheth and revileth, At the face of the foe and avenger.
17 All this has come on us, yet we haven’t forgotten you. We haven’t been false to your covenant.
All this, hath come upon us, Yet had we not forgotten thee, Neither had we dealt falsely with thy covenant;
18 Our heart has not turned back, neither have our steps strayed from your path,
Our heart had not drawn back, Nor had our goings swerved from thy path;
19 though you have crushed us in the haunt of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.
That thou shouldst have crushed us down in the place of wild dogs, And covered us over with a deadly shadow.
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, And had spread forth our hands unto the GOD of the foreigner,
21 won’t God search this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart.
Would not, God, have searched into this, Seeing that, he, knoweth the secrets of the heart?
22 Yes, for your sake we are killed all day long. We are regarded as sheep for the slaughter.
Surely, for thy sake, have we been slain all the day, We have been accounted as sheep for slaughter.
23 Wake up! Why do you sleep, Lord? Arise! Don’t reject us forever.
Awake thou! wherefore shouldst thou sleep, O Lord? Bestir thee! do not reject us altogether!
24 Why do you hide your face, and forget our affliction and our oppression?
Wherefore shouldst thou hide, thy face? Shouldst forget our humiliation and our oppression?
25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust. Our body clings to the earth.
For our soul, sinketh down to the dust, Our body, cleaveth to the earth.
26 Rise up to help us. Redeem us for your loving kindness’ sake.
Arise to our help, And ransom us, because of thine own lovingkindness.
