Psalms 44

1 Unto the end, for the sons of Core, to give understanding. We have heard, O God, with our ears: our fathers have declared to us, The work, thou hast wrought in their days, and in the days of old.

We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work you did in their days, in the times of old.

2 Thy hand destroyed the Gentiles, and thou plantedst them: thou didst afflict the people and cast them out.

How you did drive out the heathen with your hand, and planted them; how you did afflict the people, and cast them out.

3 For they got not the possession of the land by their own sword: neither did their own arm save them. But thy right hand and thy arm, and the light of thy countenance: because thou wast pleased with them.

For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your countenance, because you had a favor to them.

4 Thou art thyself my king and my God, who commandest the saving of Jacob.

You are my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.

5 Through thee we will push down our enemies with the horn: and through thy name we will despise them that rise up against us.

Through you will we push down our enemies: through your name will we tread them under 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, neither shall my sword save me.

7 But thou hast saved us from them that afflict us: and hast put them to shame that hate us.

But you have saved us from our enemies, and have put them to shame that hated us.

8 In God shall we glory all the day long: and in thy name we will give praise for ever.

In God we boast all the day long, and praise your name for ever. (Selah)

9 But now thou hast cast us off, and put us to shame: and thou, O God, wilt not go out with our armies.

But you have cast off, and put us to shame; and go not forth with our armies.

10 Thou hast made us turn our back to our enemies: and they that hated us plundered for themselves.

You make us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.

11 Thou hast given us up like sheep to be eaten: thou hast scattered us among the nations.

You have given us like sheep appointed for meat; and have scattered us among the heathen.

12 Thou hast sold thy people for no price: and there was no reckoning in the exchange of them.

You sell your people for nothing, and do not increase your wealth by their price.

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

You make us a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.

14 Thou hast made us a byword among the Gentiles: a shaking of the head among the people.

You make us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.

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

My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face has covered me,

16 At the voice of him that reproacheth and detracteth me: at the face of the enemy and persecutor.

For the voice of him that reproaches and blasphemes; by reason of the enemy and avenger.

17 All these things have come upon us, yet we have not forgotten thee: and we have not done wickedly in they covenant.

All this is come on us; yet have we not forgotten you, neither have we dealt falsely in your covenant.

18 And our heart hath not turned back: neither hast thou turned aside our steps from thy way.

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

19 For thou hast humbled us in the place of affliction: and the shadow of death hath covered us.

Though you have 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 if we have spread forth our hands to a strange god:

If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;

21 Shall not God search out these things: for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

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

22 Because for thy sake we are killed all the day long: we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.

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

23 Arise, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, and cast us not off to the end.

Awake, why sleep you, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.

24 Why turnest thou face away? and forgettest our want and our trouble?

Why hide you your face, and forget our affliction and our oppression?

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

For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly sticks to the earth.

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

Arise for our help, and redeem us for your mercies’ sake.