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.
In finem. Filiis Core ad intellectum.
2 Thou didst drive out the nations with thy hand, and plantedst them in; thou didst afflict the peoples, and didst spread them abroad.
Deus, auribus nostris audivimus, patres nostri annuntiaverunt nobis, opus quod operatus es in diebus eorum, et in diebus antiquis.
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.
Manus tua gentes disperdidit, et plantasti eos; afflixisti populos, et expulisti eos.
4 Thou 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 Jacob.
6 For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
In te inimicos nostros ventilabimus cornu, et in nomine tuo spernemus insurgentes in nobis.
7 But 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 have we made our boast all the day long, and we will give thanks unto thy name for ever. (Selah)
salvasti enim nos de affligentibus nos, et odientes nos confudisti.
9 But now thou hast cast [us] off, and brought us to dishonour; and goest not forth with our hosts.
In Deo laudabimur tota die, et in nomine tuo confitebimur in sæculum.
10 Thou makest us to turn back from the adversary: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.
Nunc autem repulisti et confudisti nos, et non egredieris, Deus, in virtutibus nostris.
11 Thou hast given us 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 sellest 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 scorn and a derision to 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 long is my dishonour before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
Posuisti nos in similitudinem gentibus; commotionem capitis in populis.
16 For 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 in 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 way;
Hæc omnia venerunt super nos; nec obliti sumus te, et inique non egimus in testamento tuo.
19 That thou hast sore broken 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 have forgotten the name of our God, or spread forth our hands to a strange god;
quoniam humiliasti nos in loco afflictionis, et cooperuit nos umbra mortis.
21 Shall 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 Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the 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, O Lord? arise, cast [us] not off for ever.
Exsurge; quare obdormis, Domine? exsurge, 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 lovingkindness’ sake.
Exsurge, Domine, adjuva nos, et redime nos propter nomen tuum.
