Psalms 44
1 To the chief Musician. Of the sons of Korah. An instruction. O God, with our ears have we heard, our fathers have told us, the work thou wroughtest in their days, in the days of old:
In finem, Filiis Core ad intellectum.
2 Thou, by thy hand, didst dispossess the nations, but them thou didst plant; thou didst afflict the peoples, but them didst thou cause to spread out.
Deus auribus nostris audivimus: patres nostri annunciaverunt nobis. Opus, quod operatus es in diebus eorum: et in diebus antiquis.
3 For not by their own sword did they take possession of the land, neither did their own arm save them; but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst delight in them.
Manus tua gentes disperdidit, et plantasti eos: afflixisti populos, et expulisti eos:
4 Thou thyself art my king, O God: command deliverance for Jacob.
Nec enim in gladio suo possederunt terram, et brachium eorum non salvavit eos: Sed dextera tua, et brachium tuum, et illuminatio vultus tui: quoniam complacuisti in eis.
5 Through thee will we push down our adversaries; through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
Tu es ipse rex meus et Deus meus: qui mandas salutes Iacob.
6 For I will not put confidence in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
In te inimicos nostros ventilabimus cornu, et in nomine tuo spernemus insurgentes in nobis.
7 For thou hast saved us from our adversaries, and hast put them to shame that hate us.
Non enim in arcu meo sperabo: et gladius meus non salvabit me.
8 In God will we boast all the day, and we will praise thy name for ever. (Selah)
Salvasti enim nos de affligentibus nos: et odientes nos confudisti.
9 But thou hast cast off, and put us to confusion, and dost not go forth with our armies;
In Deo laudabimur tota die: et in nomine tuo confitebimur in sæculum.
10 Thou hast made us to turn back from the adversary, and they that hate us spoil for themselves;
Nunc autem repulisti et confudisti nos: et non egredieris Deus in virtutibus nostris.
11 Thou hast given us over like sheep [appointed] for meat, and hast scattered us among the nations;
Avertisti nos retrorsum post inimicos nostros: et qui oderunt nos, diripiebant sibi.
12 Thou hast sold thy people for nought, and hast not increased [thy wealth] by their price;
Dedisti nos tamquam oves escarum: et in gentibus dispersisti nos.
13 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a mockery and a derision for them that are round about us;
Vendidisti populum tuum sine pretio: et non fuit multitudo in commutationibus eorum.
14 Thou makest us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.
Posuisti nos opprobrium vicinis nostris, subsannationem et derisum his, qui sunt in circuitu nostro.
15 All the day my confusion is before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
Posuisti nos in similitudinem Gentibus: commotionem capitis in populis.
16 Because of the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and the avenger.
Tota die verecundia mea contra me est, et confusio faciei meæ cooperuit me.
17 All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely against thy covenant:
A voce exprobrantis, et obloquentis: a facie inimici, et persequentis.
18 Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy path;
Hæc omnia venerunt super nos, nec obliti sumus te: et inique non egimus in testamento tuo.
19 Though thou hast crushed us in the place of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.
Et non recessit retro cor nostrum: et declinasti semitas nostras a via tua:
20 If we had forgotten the name of our God, and stretched out our hands to a strange god,
Quoniam humiliasti nos in loco afflictionis, et cooperuit nos umbra mortis.
21 Would not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
Si obliti sumus nomen Dei nostri, et si expandimus manus nostras ad deum alienum:
22 But for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are reckoned as sheep for slaughter.
Nonne Deus requiret ista? ipse enim novit abscondita cordis. Quoniam propter te mortificamur tota die: æstimati sumus sicut oves occisionis.
23 Awake, why sleepest thou, Lord? arise, cast [us] not off for ever.
Exurge, quare obdormis Domine? exurge, et ne repellas in finem.
24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, [and] forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
Quare faciem tuam avertis, oblivisceris inopiæ nostræ et tribulationis nostræ?
25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
Quoniam humiliata est in pulvere anima nostra: conglutinatus est in terra venter noster.
26 Rise up for our help, and redeem us for thy loving-kindness' sake.
Exurge Domine, adiuva nos: et redime nos propter nomen tuum.
