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 Overseer. — By sons of Korah. An Instruction. O God, with our ears we have heard, Our fathers have recounted to us, The work Thou didst work 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.
Thou, [with] Thy hand, nations hast dispossessed. And Thou dost plant them. Thou afflictest peoples, and sendest them away.
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 sword Possessed they the land, And their arm gave not salvation to them, But Thy right hand, and Thine arm, And the light of Thy countenance, Because Thou hadst accepted them.
4 Thou art thi silf, my kyng and my God; that sendist helthis to Jacob.
Thou [art] He, my king, O God, Command the deliverances 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 our adversaries we do push, By Thy name tread down our withstanders,
6 For Y schal not hope in my bouwe; and my swerd schal not saue me.
For, not in my bow do I trust, And my sword doth not save me.
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 those hating us Thou hast 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 we have boasted all the day, And Thy name to the age we thank. (Selah)
9 But now thou hast put vs abac, and hast schent vs; and thou, God, schalt not go out in oure vertues.
In anger Thou hast cast off and causest us to blush, And goest not 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 causest us to turn backward from an adversary, And those hating us, Have spoiled for themselves.
11 Thou hast youe vs as scheep of meetis; and among hethene men thou hast scaterid vs.
Thou makest us food like sheep, And among nations Thou hast scattered us.
12 Thou hast seeld thi puple with out prijs; and multitude was not in the chaungyngis of hem.
Thou sellest Thy people — without wealth, And hast not become great by their price.
13 Thou hast set vs schenschip to oure neiyboris; mouwyng and scorn to hem that ben in oure cumpas.
Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, A scorn and a reproach to our surrounders.
14 Thou hast set vs into licnesse to hethene me; stiryng of heed among puplis.
Thou makest us a simile among nations, A shaking of the head among peoples.
15 Al dai my schame is ayens me; and the schenschipe of my face hilide me.
All the day my confusion [is] 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.
Because of the voice of a reproacher and reviler, Because of an enemy and a self-avenger.
17 Alle these thingis camen on vs, and we han not foryete thee; and we diden not wickidli in thi testament.
All this met us, and we did not forget Thee, Nor have we dealt falsely in Thy covenant.
18 And oure herte yede not awei bihynde; and thou hast bowid awei oure pathis fro thi weie.
We turn not backward our heart, Nor turn aside doth our step from Thy path.
19 For thou hast maad vs lowe in the place of turment; and the schadewe of deth hilide vs.
But Thou hast smitten us in a place of dragons, And dost cover us over with death-shade.
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 spread our hands to a strange God,
21 Whether God schal not seke these thingis? for he knowith the hid thingis of herte.
Doth not God search out this? 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.
Surely, for Thy sake we have been slain all the day, Reckoned as sheep of the slaughter.
23 Lord, rise vp, whi slepist thou? rise vp, and putte not awei in to the ende.
Stir up — why dost Thou sleep, O Lord? Awake, cast us not off for ever.
24 Whi turnest thou awei thi face? thou foryetist oure pouert, and oure tribulacioun.
Why Thy face hidest Thou? Thou forgettest our afflictions and our oppression,
25 For oure lijf is maad low in dust; oure wombe is glued togidere in the erthe.
For bowed to the dust hath our soul, Cleaved to the earth hath our belly.
26 Lord, rise vp thou, and helpe vs; and ayenbie vs for thi name.
Arise, a help to us, And ransom us for thy kindness' sake.
