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. A psalm of the sons of Korah. A maschil. 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 our people; you afflicted the peoples, but you spread our people out in the land.
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 obtain the land for their 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.
4 Thou art thi silf, my kyng and my God; that sendist helthis to Jacob.
God, You are my King; command victory 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 down our adversaries; through your name we will tread them under, 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 will 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 put to shame 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 the day long, and 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 have thrown us off and brought us dishonor, and you 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; and 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 to be slaughtered 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; you have not increased your wealth by doing so.
13 Thou hast set vs schenschip to oure neiyboris; mouwyng and scorn to hem that ben in oure cumpas.
You make us a rebuke to our neighbors, scoffed and mocked by those around us.
14 Thou hast set vs into licnesse to hethene me; stiryng of heed among puplis.
You make us an insult 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 long my dishonor is before me, and the shame of my face has covered me
16 Fro the vois of dispisere, and yuele spekere; fro the face of enemy, and pursuere.
because of the voice of him who rebukes and insults, 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 we have not forgotten you or dealt falsely with 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; our steps have not gone from your way.
19 For thou hast maad vs lowe in the place of turment; and the schadewe of deth hilide vs.
Yet you have severely broken us in the place 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 out our hands to a strange god,
21 Whether God schal not seke these thingis? for he knowith the hid thingis of herte.
would not 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.
Indeed, for your sake we are being killed all day long; we are considered to be sheep for the slaughter.
23 Lord, rise vp, whi slepist thou? rise vp, and putte not awei in to the ende.
Awake, why do you sleep, Lord? Arise, do not throw us off permanently.
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 we have melted away into the dust; our bodies cling to the earth.
26 Lord, rise vp thou, and helpe vs; and ayenbie vs for thi name.
Rise up for our help and redeem us for the sake of your covenant faithfulness.
