Psalms 44
44
Psalm 44
For the choir director; a maskil by Korah’s descendants.
1O God,
we have heard it with our own ears.
Our ancestors have told us
about the miracle you performed in their day,
in days long ago.
2By your power you forced nations ⌞out of the land⌟,
but you planted our ancestors ⌞there⌟.
You shattered many groups of people,
but you set our ancestors free.#44:2 Or “and you sent them away.”
3It was not with their swords that they took possession of the land.
They did not gain victory with their own strength.
It was your right hand, your arm,
and the light of your presence ⌞that did it⌟,
because you were pleased with them.
4You alone are my king, O God.
You won those victories for Jacob.
5With you we can walk over our enemies.
With your name we can trample those who attack us.
6I do not rely on my bow,
and my sword will never save me.
7But you saved us from our enemies.
You put to shame those who hate us.
8All day long we praise our God.
We give thanks to you forever. Selah
9But now you have rejected and disgraced us.
You do not even go along with our armies.
10You make us retreat from the enemy.
Those who hate us rob us at will.
11You hand us over to be butchered like sheep
and scatter us among the nations.
12You sell your people for almost nothing,
and at that price you have gained nothing.
13You made us a disgrace to our neighbors
and an object of ridicule and contempt to those around us.
14You made our ⌞defeat⌟ a proverb among the nations
so that people shake their heads at us.
15All day long my disgrace is in front of me.
Shame covers my face
16because of the words of those who insult and slander us,
because of the presence of the enemy and the avenger.
17Although all of this happened to us,
we never forgot you.
We never ignored your promise.#44:17 Or “covenant.”
18Our hearts never turned away.
Our feet never left your path.
19Yet, you crushed us in a place for jackals
and covered us with the shadow of death.
20If we forgot the name of our God
or stretched out our hands to pray to another god,
21wouldn’t God find out,
since he knows the secrets in our hearts?
22Indeed, we are being killed all day long because of you.
We are thought of as sheep to be slaughtered.
23Wake up! Why are you sleeping, O Lord?
Awake! Do not reject us forever!
24Why do you hide your face?
Why do you forget our suffering and misery?
25Our souls are bowing in the dust.
Our bodies cling to the ground.
26Arise! Help us!
Rescue us because of your mercy!
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Psalms 44
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PSALM 44
To the chief Musician. Of the sons of Korah. An instruction.
1O God#GodHebrew: Elohim with our ears have we heard, our fathers have told us, the work thou wroughtest in their days, in the days of old: 2Thou, by thy hand, didst dispossess the nations, but them thou didst plant; thou didst afflict the peoples, but them didst thou cause to spread out. 3For not by their own sword did they take possession of the land, neither did their own arm save them; but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst delight in them. 4Thou thyself art my king, O God#GodHebrew: Elohim command deliverance for Jacob. 5Through thee will we push down our adversaries; through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us. 6For I will not put confidence in my bow, neither shall my sword save me. 7For thou hast saved us from our adversaries, and hast put them to shame that hate us. 8In God#GodHebrew: Elohim will we boast all the day, and we will praise thy name for ever. Selah.
9But thou hast cast off, and put us to confusion, and dost not go forth with our armies; 10Thou hast made us to turn back from the adversary, and they that hate us spoil for themselves; 11Thou hast given us over like sheep appointed for meat, and hast scattered us among the nations; 12Thou hast sold thy people for nought, and hast not increased thy wealth by their price; 13Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a mockery and a derision for them that are round about us; 14Thou makest us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples. 15All the day my confusion is before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me, 16Because of the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and the avenger.
17All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely against thy covenant: 18Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy path; 19Though thou hast crushed us in the place of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death. 20If we had forgotten the name of our God#GodHebrew: Elohim and stretched out our hands to a strange god#godHebrew: el 21Would not God#GodHebrew: Elohim search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart. 22But for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are reckoned as sheep for slaughter. 23Awake, why sleepest thou, Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever. 24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression? 25For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our belly cleaveth unto the earth. 26Rise up for our help, and redeem us for thy loving-kindness' sake.
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First published in 1890. This edition is maintained by the British and Foreign Bible Society.