Psalms 44
44
PSALM 44
Common Meter: 8,6,8,6
To the chief Musician, for the sons of Korah, Maschil.
1O God, we with our ears have heard,
our fathers have us told,
What works thou in their days hadst done,
ev'n in the days of old.
2Thy hand did drive the heathen out,
and plant them in their place;
Thou didst afflict the nations,
but them thou didst increase.
3For neither got their sword the land,
nor did their arm them save;
But thy right hand, arm, countenance;
for thou them favour gave.
4Thou art my King: for Jacob, Lord,
deliv'rances command.
5Through thee we shall push down our foes,
that do against us stand:
We, through thy name, shall tread down those
that ris'n against us have.
6For in my bow I shall not trust,
nor shall my sword me save.
7But from our foes thou hast us sav'd,
our haters put to shame.
8In God we all the day do boast,
and ever praise thy name.
9But now we are cast off by thee,
and us thou putt'st to shame;
And when our armies do go forth,
thou go'st not with the same.
10Thou mak'st us from the enemy,
faint-hearted, to turn back;
And they who hate us for themselves
our spoils away do take.
11Like sheep for meat thou gavest us;
'mong heathen cast we be.
12Thou didst for nought thy people sell;
their price enrich'd not thee.
13Thou mak'st us a reproach to be
unto our neighbours near;
Derision and a scorn to them
that round about us are.
14A by-word also thou dost us
among the heathen make;
The people, in contempt and spite,
at us their heads do shake.
15Before me my confusion
continually abides;
And of my bashful countenance
the shame me ever hides:
16For voice of him that doth reproach,
and speaketh blasphemy;
By reason of th' avenging foe,
and cruel enemy.
17All this is come on us, yet we
have not forgotten thee;
Nor falsely in thy covenant
behav'd ourselves have we.
18Back from thy way our heart not turn'd;
our steps no straying made;
19Though us thou brak'st in dragons' place,
and cover'dst with death's shade.
20If we God's name forgot, or stretch'd
to a strange god our hands,
21Shall not God search this out? for he
heart's secrets understands.
22Yea, for thy sake we're kill'd all day,
counted as slaughter-sheep.
23Rise, Lord, cast us not ever off;
awake, why dost thou sleep?
24O wherefore hidest thou thy face?
forgett'st our cause distress'd,
25And our oppression? For our soul
is to the dust down press'd:
Our belly also on the earth
fast cleaving, hold doth take.
26Rise for our help, and us redeem,
ev'n for thy mercies' sake.
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Tehillim (Psa) 44
44
1For the leader. By the descendants of Korach. A maskil:
2God, we heard it with our ears;
our fathers told us about it —
a deed which you did in their days,
back in days of old.
3With your hand you drove out nations
to plant them in [the land],
you crushed peoples
to make room for them.
4For not by their own swords
did they conquer the land,
nor did their own arm
give them victory;
rather, it was your right hand,
your arm and the light of your face;
because you favored them.
5God, you are my king;
command complete victory for Ya‘akov.
6Through you we pushed away our foes,
through your name we trampled down our assailants.
7For I don’t rely on my bow,
nor can my sword give me victory.
8No, you saved us from our adversaries;
you put to shame those who hate us.
9We will boast in our God all day
and give thanks to your name forever. (Selah)
10Yet now you have thrust us aside and disgraced us;
you don’t march out with our armies.
11You make us retreat from the adversary,
and those who hate us plunder us at will.
12You have handed us over like sheep to be eaten
and scattered us among the nations.
13You sell your people for a pittance,
you don’t even profit on the sale.
14You make us an object for our neighbors to mock,
one of scorn and derision to those around us.
15You make us a byword among the nations;
the peoples jeer at us, shaking their heads.
16All day long my disgrace is on my mind,
and shame has covered my face
17at the sound of those who revile and insult,
at the sight of the enemy bent on revenge.
18Though all this came on us, we did not forget you;
we have not been false to your covenant;
19Our hearts have not turned back,
and our steps did not turn away from your path,
20though you pressed us into a lair of jackals
and covered us with death-dark gloom.
21If we had forgotten the name of our God
or spread out our hands to a foreign god,
22wouldn’t God have discovered this,
since he knows the secrets of the heart?
23For your sake we are put to death all day long,
we are considered sheep to be slaughtered.
24Wake up, Adonai! Why are you asleep?
Rouse yourself! Don’t thrust us off forever.
25Why are you turning your face away,
forgetting our pain and misery?
26For we are lying flat in the dust,
our bodies cling to the ground.
27Get up, and come to help us!
For the sake of your grace, redeem us!
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