Psalms 44

1 For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us the work You did in their days, in the days of old.

2 With Your hand You drove out the nations and planted our fathers there; You crushed the peoples and cast them out.

3 For it was not by their sword that they took the land; their arm did not bring them victory. It was by Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face, because You favored them.

4 You are my King, O God, who ordains victories for Jacob.

5 Through You we repel our foes; through Your name we trample our enemies.

6 For I do not trust in my bow, nor does my sword save me.

7 For You save us from our enemies; You put those who hate us to shame.

8 In God we have boasted all day long, and Your name we will praise forever. Selah

9 But You have rejected and humbled us; You no longer go forth with our armies.

10 You have made us retreat from the foe, and those who hate us have plundered us.

11 You have given us up as sheep to be devoured; You have scattered us among the nations.

12 You sell Your people for nothing; no profit do You gain from their sale.

13 You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and derision to those around us.

14 You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.

15 All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face,

16 at the voice of the scorner and reviler, because of the enemy, bent on revenge.

17 All this has come upon us, though we have not forgotten You or betrayed Your covenant.

18 Our hearts have not turned back; our steps have not strayed from Your path.

19 But You have crushed us in the lair of jackals; You have covered us with deepest darkness.

20 If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,

21 would not God have discovered, since He knows the secrets of the heart?

22 Yet for Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.

23 Wake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping? Arise! Do not reject us forever.

24 Why do You hide Your face and forget our affliction and oppression?

25 For our soul has sunk to the dust; our bodies cling to the earth.

26 Rise up; be our help! Redeem us on account of Your loving devotion.

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.

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

3 For they got 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.

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

5 Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy 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.

7 But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.

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

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

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

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

12 Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase [thy wealth] by their price.

13 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.

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

15 My confusion [is] continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,

16 For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger.

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

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

19 Though thou hast 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, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;

21 Shall not God search this 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.

23 Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast [us] not off for ever.

24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, [and] forgettest our affliction and our oppression?

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

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

1 an instruction of the children of Korah to sing aloud,

2 O God, we have heard with our ears; our fathers have told us what thou didst in their days of old.

3 Thou hast driven out the heathen with thine hand, but thou hast established them: thou hast destroyed the nations, but thou hast spread them abroad.

4 For they took not the land by the sword, neither did their arm help them; but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance: for thou wast well pleased with them.

5 O God, thou art the same my King, who promised help to Jacob.

6 By thee will we smite our enemies: in thy name will we subdue them that set themselves against us.

7 For I rely not on my bow, neither can my sword help me,

8 But thou savest us from our enemies, and destroyest them that hate us.

9 We will praise God daily, and give thanks unto thy name for ever. Sela.

10 Wherefore then hast thou cast us off, and left us to be consumed, and hast thou not gone out from among our host?

11 Thou hast caused us to flee from our enemy, that they which hate us should rob us.

12 Thou hast devoured us like sheep, and scattered us among the heathen.

13 Thou sellest thy people for nought, and takest nothing for it.

14 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.

15 Thou makest us an ensample among the heathen, and the nations shake their heads at us.

16 My reproach is daily before me, and my face is full of shame,

17 That I should hear the reproachful and the blasphemous, and see the enemies and the revengeful.

18 All these things are come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, nor dealt unfaithfully in thy covenant;

19 Our heart is not turned aside, neither is our way gone out of thy way,

20 That thou shouldest smite us under the dragon, and cover us with darkness.

21 If we had forgotten the name of our God, and lifted up our hands unto a strange God,

22 That God would find: for now he knoweth the reason of our hearts.

23 For we are slain daily for thy sake, and are esteemed as sheep for the slaughter.

24 Awaken, O Lord, why are you asleep? Awake, and do not cast us off so completely!

25 Why hidest thou thy face, forgetting our affliction and our distress?

26 For our soul is bowed down to the earth; our belly cleaveth to the ground.

27 Arise, help us, and deliver us for thy goodness' sake.