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.
We have heard with our ears, O Elohim, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.
2 Thou, [with] Thy hand, nations hast dispossessed. And Thou dost plant them. Thou afflictest peoples, and sendest them away.
How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.
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 got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.
4 Thou [art] He, my king, O God, Command the deliverances of Jacob.
Thou art my King, O Elohim: command deliverances for Jacob.
5 By Thee our adversaries we do push, By Thy name tread down our withstanders,
Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
6 For, not in my bow do I trust, And my sword doth not save me.
For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
7 For Thou hast saved us from our adversaries, And those hating us Thou hast put to shame.
But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.
8 In God we have boasted all the day, And Thy name to the age we thank. (Selah)
In Elohim we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. (Selah)
9 In anger Thou hast cast off and causest us to blush, And goest not forth with our hosts.
But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.
10 Thou causest us to turn backward from an adversary, And those hating us, Have spoiled for themselves.
Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.
11 Thou makest us food like sheep, And among nations Thou hast scattered us.
Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen.
12 Thou sellest Thy people — without wealth, And hast not become great by their price.
Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.
13 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, A scorn and a reproach to our surrounders.
Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
14 Thou makest us a simile among nations, A shaking of the head among peoples.
Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
15 All the day my confusion [is] before me, And the shame of my face hath covered me.
My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
16 Because of the voice of a reproacher and reviler, Because of an enemy and a self-avenger.
For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger.
17 All this met us, and we did not forget Thee, Nor have we dealt falsely in Thy covenant.
All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
18 We turn not backward our heart, Nor turn aside doth our step from Thy path.
Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;
19 But Thou hast smitten us in a place of dragons, And dost cover us over with death-shade.
Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.
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 Elohim, or stretched out our hands to a strange el;
21 Doth not God search out this? For He knoweth the secrets of the heart.
Shall not Elohim search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
22 Surely, for Thy sake we have been slain all the day, Reckoned as sheep of the slaughter.
Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
23 Stir up — why dost Thou sleep, O Lord? Awake, cast us not off for ever.
Awake, why sleepest thou, O YHWH? arise, cast us not off for ever.
24 Why Thy face hidest Thou? Thou forgettest our afflictions and our oppression,
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
25 For bowed to the dust hath our soul, Cleaved to the earth hath our belly.
For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
26 Arise, a help to us, And ransom us for thy kindness' sake.
Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake.
