Psalms 44
1 `To victorie, lernyng to the sones of Chore. God, we herden with oure eeris; oure fadris telden to vs. The werk, which thou wrouytist in the daies of hem; and in elde daies.
Unto the end, for the sons of Core, to give understanding. We have heard, O God, with our ears: our fathers have declared to us, The work, thou hast wrought in their days, and in the days of old.
2 Thin hond lost hethene men, and thou plauntidist hem; thou turmentidist puplis, and castidist hem out.
Thy hand destroyed the Gentiles, and thou plantedst them: thou didst afflict the people and cast them out.
3 For the children of Israel weldiden the lond not bi her swerd; and the arm of hem sauyde not hem. But thi riyt hond, and thin arm, and the liytnyng of thi cheer; for thou were plesid in hem.
For they got not the possession of the land 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 wast pleased with them.
4 Thou art thi silf, my kyng and my God; that sendist helthis to Jacob.
Thou art thyself my king and my God, who commandest the saving of Jacob.
5 Bi thee we schulen wyndewe oure enemyes with horn; and in thi name we schulen dispise hem, that risen ayen vs.
Through thee we will push down our enemies with the horn: and through thy name we will despise them that rise up against us.
6 For Y schal not hope in my bouwe; and my swerd schal not saue me.
For I will not trust in my bow: neither shall my sword save me.
7 For thou hast saued vs fro men turmentinge vs; and thou hast schent men hatinge vs.
But thou hast saved us from them that afflict us: and hast put them to shame that hate us.
8 We schulen be preisid in God al dai; and in thi name we schulen knouleche to thee in to the world.
In God shall we glory all the day long: and in thy name we will give praise for ever.
9 But now thou hast put vs abac, and hast schent vs; and thou, God, schalt not go out in oure vertues.
But now thou hast cast us off, and put us to shame: and thou, O God, wilt not go out with our armies.
10 Thou hast turned vs awei bihynde aftir oure enemyes; and thei, that hatiden vs, rauyschiden dyuerseli to hem silf.
Thou hast made us turn our back to our enemies: and they that hated us plundered for themselves.
11 Thou hast youe vs as scheep of meetis; and among hethene men thou hast scaterid vs.
Thou hast given us up like sheep to be eaten: thou hast scattered us among the nations.
12 Thou hast seeld thi puple with out prijs; and multitude was not in the chaungyngis of hem.
Thou hast sold thy people for no price: and there was no reckoning in the exchange of them.
13 Thou hast set vs schenschip to oure neiyboris; mouwyng and scorn to hem that ben in oure cumpas.
Thou hast made us a reproach to our neighbours, a scoff and derision to them that are round about us.
14 Thou hast set vs into licnesse to hethene me; stiryng of heed among puplis.
Thou hast made us a byword among the Gentiles: a shaking of the head among the people.
15 Al dai my schame is ayens me; and the schenschipe of my face hilide me.
All the day long my shame is before me: and the confusion of my face hath covered me,
16 Fro the vois of dispisere, and yuele spekere; fro the face of enemy, and pursuere.
At the voice of him that reproacheth and detracteth me: at the face of the enemy and persecutor.
17 Alle these thingis camen on vs, and we han not foryete thee; and we diden not wickidli in thi testament.
All these things have come upon us, yet we have not forgotten thee: and we have not done wickedly in they covenant.
18 And oure herte yede not awei bihynde; and thou hast bowid awei oure pathis fro thi weie.
And our heart hath not turned back: neither hast thou turned aside our steps from thy way.
19 For thou hast maad vs lowe in the place of turment; and the schadewe of deth hilide vs.
For thou hast humbled us in the place of affliction: and the shadow of death hath covered us.
20 If we foryaten the name of oure God; and if we helden forth oure hondis to an alien God.
If we have forgotten the name of our God, and if we have spread forth our hands to a strange god:
21 Whether God schal not seke these thingis? for he knowith the hid thingis of herte.
Shall not God search out these things: for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
22 For whi we ben slayn al dai for thee; we ben demed as scheep of sleyng.
Because for thy sake we are killed all the day long: we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
23 Lord, rise vp, whi slepist thou? rise vp, and putte not awei in to the ende.
Arise, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, and cast us not off to the end.
24 Whi turnest thou awei thi face? thou foryetist oure pouert, and oure tribulacioun.
Why turnest thou face away? and forgettest our want and our trouble?
25 For oure lijf is maad low in dust; oure wombe is glued togidere in the erthe.
For our soul is humbled down to the dust: our belly cleaveth to the earth.
26 Lord, rise vp thou, and helpe vs; and ayenbie vs for thi name.
Arise, O Lord, help us and redeem us for thy name’s sake.
