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.
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 Thin hond lost hethene men, and thou plauntidist hem; thou turmentidist puplis, and castidist hem out.
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 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, 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 Thou art thi silf, my kyng and my God; that sendist helthis to Jacob.
Thou thyself, art my king, O God, Command thou the victories of Jacob.
5 Bi thee we schulen wyndewe oure enemyes with horn; and in thi name we schulen dispise hem, that risen ayen vs.
By thee, will we thrust at, our adversaries, In thy Name, will we tread down our assailants;
6 For Y schal not hope in my bouwe; and my swerd schal not saue me.
For, not in my bow, will I trust, Nor shall, my sword, give me victory;
7 For thou hast saued vs fro men turmentinge vs; and thou hast schent men hatinge vs.
For thou hast saved us from our adversaries, And, them who hated us, hast thou put to shame.
8 We schulen be preisid in God al dai; and in thi name we schulen knouleche to thee in to the world.
In God, have we boasted all the day, And, thy Name—unto times age-abiding, will we praise. (Selah)
9 But now thou hast put vs abac, and hast schent vs; and thou, God, schalt not go out in oure vertues.
But nay thou hast rejected, and confounded us, And wilt not go forth with our hosts;
10 Thou hast turned vs awei bihynde aftir oure enemyes; and thei, that hatiden vs, rauyschiden dyuerseli to hem silf.
Thou sufferest us to turn back from the adversary, And, they who hate us, have plundered at will:
11 Thou hast youe vs as scheep of meetis; and among hethene men thou hast scaterid vs.
Thou dost give us up like sheep to be devoured, And, amongst the nations, hast thou scattered us.
12 Thou hast seeld thi puple with out prijs; and multitude was not in the chaungyngis of hem.
Thou dost sell thy people for, no-value, And hast not made increase by their price.
13 Thou hast set vs schenschip to oure neiyboris; mouwyng and scorn to hem that ben in oure cumpas.
Thou dost make us, A reproach to our neighbours, A mockery and a derision to them who are round about us:
14 Thou hast set vs into licnesse to hethene me; stiryng of heed among puplis.
Thou dost make us, A by-word 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 the day, is my confusion before me, And, the shame 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 who reproacheth and revileth, At the face of the foe and avenger.
17 Alle these thingis camen on vs, and we han not foryete thee; and we diden not wickidli in thi testament.
All this, hath come upon us, Yet had we not forgotten thee, Neither had we dealt falsely with thy covenant;
18 And oure herte yede not awei bihynde; and thou hast bowid awei oure pathis fro thi weie.
Our heart had not drawn back, Nor had our goings swerved from thy path;
19 For thou hast maad vs lowe in the place of turment; and the schadewe of deth hilide vs.
That thou shouldst have crushed us down in the place of wild dogs, And covered us over with a deadly shadow.
20 If we foryaten the name of oure God; and if we helden forth oure hondis to an alien God.
If we had forgotten the Name of our God, And had spread forth our hands unto the GOD of the foreigner,
21 Whether God schal not seke these thingis? for he knowith the hid thingis of herte.
Would not, God, have searched into this, Seeing that, he, knoweth the secrets of the heart?
22 For whi we ben slayn al dai for thee; we ben demed as scheep of sleyng.
Surely, for thy sake, have we been slain all the day, We have been accounted as sheep for slaughter.
23 Lord, rise vp, whi slepist thou? rise vp, and putte not awei in to the ende.
Awake thou! wherefore shouldst thou sleep, O Lord? Bestir thee! do not reject us altogether!
24 Whi turnest thou awei thi face? thou foryetist oure pouert, and oure tribulacioun.
Wherefore shouldst thou hide, thy face? Shouldst forget our humiliation and our oppression?
25 For oure lijf is maad low in dust; oure wombe is glued togidere in the erthe.
For our soul, sinketh down to the dust, Our body, cleaveth to the earth.
26 Lord, rise vp thou, and helpe vs; and ayenbie vs for thi name.
Arise to our help, And ransom us, because of thine own lovingkindness.
