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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Psalms 44
44
Present Defeat and Past Deliverance
For the music director. Of the sons of Korah. A maskil.#The Hebrew Bible counts the superscription as the first verse of the psalm; the English verse number is reduced by one
1O God, we have heard with our ears;
our ancestors#Or “fathers” have told us
of work you worked in their days,
in days of old.
2You with your hand drove out the nations,
but them#That is, Israel you planted.
You harmed the peoples,
but them#That is, Israel you let spread out.
3For not with their sword
did they possess the land,
and their arm did not give them victory.
Rather it was your right hand and your arm
and the light of your presence,
because you delighted in them.
4You are my king, O God.
Command#Or “who commands,” see LXX victories for Jacob.
5By you we push down our enemies;
by your name we tread down those who rise up against us.
6For I do not trust my bow,
and my sword cannot give me victory.
7Rather you have saved us from our enemies,#Or “made us victorious over our enemies”
and have humiliated those who hate us.
8In God we boast all the day,
and we will give thanks to your name forever. Selah
9Surely you have rejected and disgraced us,
and have not gone out with our armies.
10You have caused us to pull back from the enemy,
and so those who hate us have plundered for themselves.
11You have given us as sheep for food,
and among the nations you have scattered us.
12You have sold your people cheaply,#Literally “for what is not wealth”
and did not profit by their price.
13You have made us a taunt to our neighbors,
a derision and a scorn to those around us.
14You have made us a byword among the nations,
a shaking of the head among the peoples.
15All day long#Literally “All of the day” my disgrace is before me,
and the shame of my face covers me,
16because of the voice of the taunter and the reviler,
because of the enemy and the avenger.
17All this has befallen us, though we have not forgotten you,
and we have not been false to your covenant.
18Our heart has not turned back,
and our steps have not turned aside from your way.
19But you have crushed us in a place of jackals,
and have covered us with deep shadow.
20If we had forgotten the name of our God,
or had spread out our hands in prayer to a foreign god,
21would not God discover this,
for he knows the secrets of the heart?
22Rather, on account of you we are killed all day long;#Literally “all of the day”
we are accounted as sheep for slaughter.
23Wake up! Why do you sleep, O Lord?
Awake! Do not reject forever.
24Why do you hide your face?
Have you forgotten our misery and our oppression?
25For our soul is bowed down to the dust.
Our body#Literally “belly” clings to the ground.
26Rise up! Be a help for us,
and redeem us for the sake of your loyal love.
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