Psalms 44

1 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.

Unto the end. To the sons of Korah, toward understanding. We have heard, O God, with our own ears. Our fathers have announced to us the work that you wrought in their days and in the days of antiquity.

2 Thou, [with] Thy hand, nations hast dispossessed. And Thou dost plant them. Thou afflictest peoples, and sendest them away.

Your hand dispersed the Gentiles, and you transplanted them. You afflicted a people, and you expelled them.

3 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.

For they did not take possession of the land by their sword, and their own arm did not save them. But your right hand and your arm, and the light of your countenance did so, because you were pleased with them.

4 Thou [art] He, my king, O God, Command the deliverances of Jacob.

You yourself are my king and my God, who commands the salvation of Jacob.

5 By Thee our adversaries we do push, By Thy name tread down our withstanders,

With you, we will brandish a horn before our enemies; and in your name, we will spurn those rising up against us.

6 For, not in my bow do I trust, And my sword doth not save me.

For I will not hope in my bow, and my sword will not save me.

7 For Thou hast saved us from our adversaries, And those hating us Thou hast put to shame.

For you have saved us from those who afflict us, and you have bewildered those who hate us.

8 In God we have boasted all the day, And Thy name to the age we thank. (Selah)

In God, we will give praise all day long; and in your name, we will confess forever.

9 In anger Thou hast cast off and causest us to blush, And goest not forth with our hosts.

But now, you have rejected and bewildered us, and you will not go forth with our armies, O God.

10 Thou causest us to turn backward from an adversary, And those hating us, Have spoiled for themselves.

You have turned our back to our enemies, and those who hated us have plundered for themselves.

11 Thou makest us food like sheep, And among nations Thou hast scattered us.

You have given us over like sheep for food. You have scattered us among the Gentiles.

12 Thou sellest Thy people — without wealth, And hast not become great by their price.

You have sold your people without a price, and no great number was exchanged for them.

13 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, A scorn and a reproach to our surrounders.

You have set us as a disgrace to our neighbors, a scoff and a derision to those who are around us.

14 Thou makest us a simile among nations, A shaking of the head among peoples.

You have set us as a parable among the Gentiles, a shaking of the head among the peoples.

15 All the day my confusion [is] before me, And the shame of my face hath covered me.

All day long my shame is before me, and the confusion of my face has covered me,

16 Because of the voice of a reproacher and reviler, Because of an enemy and a self-avenger.

before the voice of the reproacher and the commentator, before the face of the adversary and the pursuer.

17 All this met us, and we did not forget Thee, Nor have we dealt falsely in Thy covenant.

All these things have come upon us, yet we have not forgotten you, and we have not acted unjustly in your covenant.

18 We turn not backward our heart, Nor turn aside doth our step from Thy path.

And our heart has not turned back. And you have not diverted our steps from your way.

19 But Thou hast smitten us in a place of dragons, And dost cover us over with death-shade.

For you humbled us in a place of affliction, and the shadow of death has covered us.

20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, And spread our hands to a strange God,

If we have forgotten the name of our God, and if we have extended our hands to a foreign god,

21 Doth not God search out this? For He knoweth the secrets of the heart.

will not God find this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart.

22 Surely, for Thy sake we have been slain all the day, Reckoned as sheep of the slaughter.

For, because of you, we are being killed all day long. We are considered as sheep for the slaughter.

23 Stir up — why dost Thou sleep, O Lord? Awake, cast us not off for ever.

Rise up. Why do you fall asleep, O Lord? Rise up, and do not reject us in the end.

24 Why Thy face hidest Thou? Thou forgettest our afflictions and our oppression,

Why do you turn your face away, and why do you forget our needfulness and our tribulation?

25 For bowed to the dust hath our soul, Cleaved to the earth hath our belly.

For our soul has been humbled into the dust. Our belly has been bound to the earth.

26 Arise, a help to us, And ransom us for thy kindness' sake.

Rise up, O Lord. Help us and redeem us, because of your name.