Psalms 44
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Psalms 44
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| For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of 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 days of old. | To the chief music-maker. Of the sons of Korah Maschil.It has come to our ears, O God, our fathers have given us the story, of the works which you did in their days, in the old times, |
| Thou didst drive out the nations with thy hand; But them thou didst plant: Thou didst afflict the peoples; But them thou didst spread abroad. | Uprooting the nations with your hand, and planting our fathers in their place; cutting down the nations, but increasing the growth of your people. |
| For they gat 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 wast favorable unto them. | For they did not make the land theirs by their swords, and it was not their arms which kept them safe; but your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your face, because you had pleasure in them. |
| Thou art my King, O God: Command deliverance for Jacob. | You are my King and my God; ordering salvation for Jacob. |
| Through thee will we push down our adversaries: Through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us. | Through you will we overcome our haters; by your name will they be crushed under our feet who are violent against us. |
| For I will not trust in my bow, Neither shall my sword save me. | I will not put faith in my bow, my sword will not be my salvation. |
| But thou hast saved us from our adversaries, And hast put them to shame that hate us. | But it is you who have been our saviour from those who were against us, and have put to shame those who had hate for us. |
| In God have we made our boast all the day long, And we will give thanks unto thy name for ever. Selah | Our pride is in God at all times, to his name we give praise for ever. (Selah.) |
| But now thou hast cast [us] off, and brought us to dishonor, And goest not forth with our hosts. | But now you have sent us away from you, and put us to shame; you do not go out with our armies. |
| Thou makest us to turn back from the adversary; And they that hate us take spoil for themselves. | Because of this we are turned back by the attacker: those who have hate for us take our goods for themselves. |
| Thou hast made us like sheep [appointed] for food, And hast scattered us among the nations. | You have made us like sheep which are taken for meat; we are put to flight among the nations. |
| Thou sellest thy people for nought, And hast not increased [thy wealth] by their price. | You let your people go for nothing; your wealth is not increased by their price. |
| Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and a derision to them that are round about us. | You have made us to be looked down on by our neighbours, we are laughed at and shamed by those who are round about us. |
| Thou makest us a byword among the nations, A shaking of the head among the peoples. | Our name is a word of shame among the nations, a sign for the shaking of heads among the peoples. |
| All the day long is my dishonor before me, And the shame of my face hath covered me, | My downfall is ever before me, and I am covered with the shame of my face; |
| For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth, By reason of the enemy and the avenger. | Because of the voice of him who says sharp and bitter words; because of the hater and him who is the instrument of punishment. |
| All this is come upon us; Yet have we not forgotten thee, Neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant. | All this has come on us, but still we have kept you in our memory; and we have not been false to your word. |
| Our heart is not turned back, Neither have our steps declined from thy way, | Our hearts have not gone back, and our steps have not been turned out of your way; |
| That thou hast sore broken us in the place of jackals, And covered us with the shadow of death. | Though you have let us be crushed in the place of jackals, though we are covered with darkest shade. |
| If we have forgotten the name of our God, Or spread forth our hands to a strange god; | If the name of our God has gone out of our minds, or if our hands have been stretched out to a strange god, |
| Will not God search this out? For he knoweth the secrets of the heart. | Will not God make search for it? for he sees the secrets of the heart. |
| Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. | Truly, because of you we are put to death every day; we are numbered like sheep for destruction. |
| Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? Arise, cast [us] not off for ever. | Why are you sleeping, O Lord? awake! and come to our help, do not give us up for ever. |
| Wherefore hidest thou thy face, And forgettest our affliction and our oppression? | Why is your face covered, and why do you give no thought to our trouble and our cruel fate? |
| For our soul is bowed down to the dust: Our body cleaveth unto the earth. | For our souls are crushed down to the dust: our bodies are stretched out on the earth. |
| Rise up for our help, And redeem us for thy lovingkindness' sake. | Up! and come to our help, and give us salvation because of your mercy. |
