Psalms 44

1 To the chief Musician for 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 times 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 you wrought in their days, in the days of old.

2 How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and didst plant them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.

Your hand utterly destroyed the heathen, and you did plant them: you did afflict the nations, and cast them out.

3 For they obtained not the land in possession 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 hadst a favour to them.

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

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

You are indeed my King and my God, who command deliverances for Jacob.

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

In you will we push down our enemies, and in your name will we bring to nothing 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 enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.

For you have saved us from them that afflicted us, and have put to shame them that hated us.

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

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

9 But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.

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

10 Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they who hate us have taken spoil for themselves.

You have turned us back before our enemies; and they that hated us spoiled for themselves.

11 Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for food; and hast scattered us among the heathen.

You made us as sheep for meat; and you scattered us amongst the nations.

12 Thou sellest thy people for nothing, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.

You have sold your 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 around us.

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

14 Thou makest us a by word among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.

You have made us a proverb amongst the Gentiles, a shaking of the head amongst the nations.

15 My confusion is continually 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 avenger.

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

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

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

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

And our heart has not gone back; but you have turned aside our paths from your way.

19 Though thou hast greatly broke us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.

For you have 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 stretched out 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 out this? 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 your 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, therefore sleep you, O Lord? arise, and do not cast [us] off for ever.

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

Therefore turn you your face away, [and] forget our poverty and our affliction?

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

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

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

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