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.
[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.
2 Thin hond lost hethene men, and thou plauntidist hem; thou turmentidist puplis, and castidist hem out.
You drove out the nations with your hand, but you planted them. You afflicted the peoples, but you spread them abroad.
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 did not get the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them; but your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your face, because you were favorable to them.
4 Thou art thi silf, my kyng and my God; that sendist helthis to Jacob.
You are my King, my God, who commands victories for Jacob.
5 Bi thee we schulen wyndewe oure enemyes with horn; and in thi name we schulen dispise hem, that risen ayen vs.
Through you we will push back our adversaries. Through your name we will trample down those who 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 you have saved us from our adversaries, and have shamed those who 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 we have made our boast all day long, we will give thanks to your name forever. (Selah)
9 But now thou hast put vs abac, and hast schent vs; and thou, God, schalt not go out in oure vertues.
But now you rejected us, and brought us to dishonor, and do 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.
You make us turn back from the adversary. Those who hate us take spoil for themselves.
11 Thou hast youe vs as scheep of meetis; and among hethene men thou hast scaterid vs.
You have made us like sheep for food, and have scattered us among the nations.
12 Thou hast seeld thi puple with out prijs; and multitude was not in the chaungyngis of hem.
You sell your people for nothing, and have gained nothing from their sale.
13 Thou hast set vs schenschip to oure neiyboris; mouwyng and scorn to hem that ben in oure cumpas.
You make us the taunt of our neighbors, a scoffing and a derision to those who are around us.
14 Thou hast set vs into licnesse to hethene me; stiryng of heed among puplis.
You make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.
15 Al dai my schame is ayens me; and the schenschipe of my face hilide me.
All day long my dishonor is before me, and shame covers my face,
16 Fro the vois of dispisere, and yuele spekere; fro the face of enemy, and pursuere.
At the taunt of one who reproaches and verbally abuses, because of the enemy and the avenger.
17 Alle these thingis camen on vs, and we han not foryete thee; and we diden not wickidli in thi testament.
All this has come on us, yet have we not forgotten you, Neither have we been false to your covenant.
18 And oure herte yede not awei bihynde; and thou hast bowid awei oure pathis fro thi weie.
Our heart has not turned back, neither have our steps strayed from your path,
19 For thou hast maad vs lowe in the place of turment; and the schadewe of deth hilide vs.
Though you have crushed us in the haunt of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.
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, or spread forth our hands to a strange god;
21 Whether God schal not seke these thingis? for he knowith the hid thingis of herte.
won't God search this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart.
22 For whi we ben slayn al dai for thee; we ben demed as scheep of sleyng.
For your sake we are killed all day long. We are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.
23 Lord, rise vp, whi slepist thou? rise vp, and putte not awei in to the ende.
Wake up. Why do you sleep, YHWH? Arise. Do not reject us forever.
24 Whi turnest thou awei thi face? thou foryetist oure pouert, and oure tribulacioun.
Why do you hide your face, and forget our affliction and our oppression?
25 For oure lijf is maad low in dust; oure wombe is glued togidere in the erthe.
For our soul is bowed down to the dust. Our body cleaves to the earth.
26 Lord, rise vp thou, and helpe vs; and ayenbie vs for thi name.
Rise up to help us. Redeem us for your loving kindness' sake.
