Psalms 44

1 For the Chief Musician; [a Psalm] of the sons of Korah. Maschil. We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the days of old.

For the end, a Psalm for instruction, for the sons of Core. O God, we have heard with our ears, our fathers have told us, the work which thou wroughtest in their days, in the days of old.

2 Thou didst drive out the nations with thy hand, and plantedst them in; thou didst afflict the peoples, and didst spread them abroad.

Thine hand utterly destroyed the heathen, and thou didst plant them: thou didst afflict the nations, and cast them out.

3 For they gat 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.

For they inherited not the land by their [own] sword, and their [own] arm did not deliver them; but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou wert well pleased in them.

4 Thou art my King, O God: command deliverance for Jacob.

Thou art indeed my King and my God, who commandest deliverances for Jacob.

5 Through thee will we push down our adversaries: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.

In thee will we push down our enemies, and in thy name will we bring to nought them that rise up against us.

6 For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.

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

7 But thou hast saved us from our adversaries, and hast put them to shame that hate us.

For thou hast saved us from them that afflicted us, and hast put to shame them that hated us.

8 In God have we made our boast all the day long, and we will give thanks unto thy name for ever. (Selah)

In God will we make our boast all the day, and to thy name will we give thanks for ever. (Pause)

9 But now thou hast cast [us] off, and brought us to dishonour; and goest not forth with our hosts.

But now thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and thou wilt not go forth with our hosts.

10 Thou makest us to turn back from the adversary: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.

Thou hast turned us back before our enemies; and they that hated us spoiled for themselves.

11 Thou hast given us like sheep [appointed] for meat; and hast scattered us among the nations.

Thou madest us as sheep for meat; and thou scatteredst us among the nations.

12 Thou sellest thy people for nought, and hast not increased [thy wealth] by their price.

Thou hast sold thy people without price, and there was no profit by their exchange.

13 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.

Thou hast made us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision them that are round about us.

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

Thou hast made us a proverb among the Gentiles, a shaking of the head among the nations.

15 All the day long is my dishonour before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,

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

16 For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and the avenger.

because of the voice of the slanderer and reviler; because of the enemy and avenger.

17 All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.

All these things are come upon us: but we have not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt unrighteously in thy covenant.

18 Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;

And our heart has not gone back; but thou hast turned aside our paths from thy way.

19 That thou hast sore broken us in the place of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.

For thou hast laid us low in a place of affliction, and the shadow of death has covered us.

20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, or spread forth our hands to a strange god;

If we have forgotten the name of our God, and if we have spread out our hands to a strange god; shall not God search these things out?

21 Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

for he knows the secrets of the heart.

22 Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.

For, for thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for slaughter.

23 Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast [us] not off for ever.

Awake, wherefore sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, and do not cast [us] off for ever.

24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?

Wherefore turnest thou thy face away, [and] forgettest our poverty and our affliction?

25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.

For our soul has been brought down to the dust; our belly has cleaved to the earth.

26 Rise up for our help, and redeem us for thy lovingkindness’ sake.

Arise, O Lord, help us, and redeem us for thy name's sake.