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 leader of the music. A psalm of the sons of Korah.” O God! we have heard with our ears, Our fathers have told us, What deeds thou didst 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.
With thine own hand didst thou drive out the nations, And plant our fathers; Thou didst destroy the nations, And cause our fathers to flourish.
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 not by their own swords did they gain possession of the land, Nor did their own arms give them victory; But thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance; For thou didst favor them!
4 Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.
Thou art my king, O God! O send deliverance to Jacob!
5 Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name we will tread them under that rise up against us.
Through thee we may cast down our enemies; Through thy name we may trample upon our adversaries!
6 For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
I trust not in my bow, Nor can my sword save me.
7 But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.
But it is thou only who savest us from our enemies, And puttest to shame those who hate us!
8 In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. (Selah)
In God will we glory continually; Yea, we will praise thy name for ever! (Pause)
9 But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.
Yet now thou hast cast us off, and put us to shame; Thou goest not forth with our armies.
10 Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they who hate us have taken spoil for themselves.
Thou makest us turn back from the enemy, And they who hate us make our goods their prey.
11 Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for food; and hast scattered us among the heathen.
Thou makest us like sheep destined for food, And scatterest us among the nations.
12 Thou sellest thy people for nothing, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.
Thou sellest thy people for nought, And increasest not thy wealth by their price.
13 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are around us.
Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, A scorn and a derision to those who are around us.
14 Thou makest us a by word among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
Thou makest us a byword among the nations, And causest the people to shake their heads at us.
15 My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
My ignominy is continually before me, And shame covereth my face,
16 For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger.
On account of the voice of the scoffer and the reviler, And on account of the enemy and the avenger.
17 All this is come upon us; yet we have not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
All this hath come upon us; Yet have we not forgotten thee, Nor have we been false to thy covenant.
18 Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;
Our hearts, have not wandered from thee, Nor have our feet gone out of thy path;
19 Though thou hast greatly broke us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.
Though thou hast crushed us in a land of jackals, And covered us with thick darkness.
20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;
If we had forgotten the name of our God, Or stretched forth our hands to a strange God,
21 Shall not God search out this? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
Surely God would search it out; For he knoweth 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.
But for thy sake we are killed all the day; We are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
23 Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.
Awake! why sleepest thou, O Lord? Arise! cast us not off for ever!
24 Why hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
Wherefore dost thou hide thy face, And forget our affliction and oppression?
25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth to the earth.
Our soul is bowed down to the dust; Our body cleaveth to the earth.
26 Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies’ sake.
Arise, O thou, our strength! And deliver us, for thy mercy's sake!
