Psalms 44

1 God, we ourselves have heard what our parents and grandparents told us. They told us about the miracles that you performed long ago.

Unto the end. To the sons of Korah, toward understanding. We have heard, O God, with our own ears. Our fathers have announced to us the work that you wrought in their days and in the days of antiquity.

2 [They told us] how you expelled the ungodly people and enabled us to live in their land. [They told us] that you punished those ungodly people and enabled your own people to prosper [IDM].

Your hand dispersed the Gentiles, and you transplanted them. You afflicted a people, and you expelled them.

3 It was not by using their own swords that they conquered the people that lived in that land, and it was not by their own power that they were victorious; it was only by your power [MTY, DOU] [that they did those things]; and they were sure that you were with them, and that showed that you were pleased with them.

For they did not take possession of the land by their sword, and their own arm did not save them. But your right hand and your arm, and the light of your countenance did so, because you were pleased with them.

4 You are my King and my God; it is you who enable us, your people [MTY], to defeat our enemies.

You yourself are my king and my God, who commands the salvation of Jacob.

5 It is by your power that we knock our enemies down and tramp on them.

With you, we will brandish a horn before our enemies; and in your name, we will spurn those rising up against us.

6 I do not trust that I will be saved by using my bow [and arrows] and my sword.

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

7 No, it is you who have rescued us from our enemies, it is you who have caused those who hate us to become ashamed [because they were defeated].

For you have saved us from those who afflict us, and you have bewildered those who hate us.

8 We have continually boasted about what God [has done for us], and we will thank him [MTY] forever.

In God, we will give praise all day long; and in your name, we will confess forever.

9 But [now] you have rejected us and caused us to be disgraced; when our armies march out [to fight a battle], you no [longer] go with them.

But now, you have rejected and bewildered us, and you will not go forth with our armies, O God.

10 You have caused us to run away from our enemies, with the result that they captured the things that belonged to us.

You have turned our back to our enemies, and those who hated us have plundered for themselves.

11 You have allowed us to become like [MET] sheep that were ready to be slaughtered; you scattered us [far away] among [other].

You have given us over like sheep for food. You have scattered us among the Gentiles.

12 [It is as though] [MET] you sold us, your people, [to our enemies] for a very small price, and you did not gain much profit from selling us!

You have sold your people without a price, and no great number was exchanged for them.

13 People who live in nations near us make fun of us; they laugh at us and deride/belittle us.

You have set us as a disgrace to our neighbors, a scoff and a derision to those who are around us.

14 They make jokes using the name of [our country], they shake their heads [to indicate that they despise us].

You have set us as a parable among the Gentiles, a shaking of the head among the peoples.

15 All day I feel disgraced; from seeing my face, people know that I am ashamed.

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

16 I hear what those who sneer at me and revile me say; I am ashamed in front of my enemies and those who want to harm me.

before the voice of the reproacher and the commentator, before the face of the adversary and the pursuer.

17 All these things have happened to us [even] though we have not forgotten you, and we are not the ones who disobeyed the agreement you made with [our ancestors].

All these things have come upon us, yet we have not forgotten you, and we have not acted unjustly in your covenant.

18 We have not stopped being loyal to you, and we have not stopped doing what you want us to do [IDM].

And our heart has not turned back. And you have not diverted our steps from your way.

19 But [it is as though] you have allowed us to be helpless among wild animals, and abandoned us in a deep dark [ravine].

For you humbled us in a place of affliction, and the shadow of death has covered us.

20 If we had forgotten to worship [MTY] our God, or if we had spread out our hands to [worship] a foreign god,

If we have forgotten the name of our God, and if we have extended our hands to a foreign god,

21 you certainly would have known that, because you know [even] what we secretly think.

will not God find this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart.

22 But it is because we belong to you, [that our enemies] are constantly killing us. They act toward us as though we were only sheep to be slaughtered.

For, because of you, we are being killed all day long. We are considered as sheep for the slaughter.

23 [So], Yahweh, arise! Why are you asleep [RHQ]? Get up! Do not reject us forever!

Rise up. Why do you fall asleep, O Lord? Rise up, and do not reject us in the end.

24 Why are you not looking at us? Why are you forgetting that we are suffering and being oppressed [by our enemies]?

Why do you turn your face away, and why do you forget our needfulness and our tribulation?

25 We are pushed down to the ground and we cannot get up.

For our soul has been humbled into the dust. Our belly has been bound to the earth.

26 Arise, and come and help us! Rescue us because you faithfully love us!

Rise up, O Lord. Help us and redeem us, because of your name.