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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Psalm 44
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Psalm 44
For the director of music. A maskil of the Sons of Korah.
1God, we have heard what you did.
Those who came before us have told us
what you did in their days,
in days long ago.
2By your power you drove out the nations.
You gave our people homes in the land.
You crushed the people who were there.
And you made our people do well.
3They didn’t win the land with their swords.
They didn’t gain success by their own power.
Your powerful right hand and your mighty arm gave them victory.
You gave them success because you loved them.
4You are my King and my God.
You give victories to the people of Jacob.
5With your help we push back our enemies.
By your power we walk all over them.
6I put no trust in my bow.
My sword doesn’t bring me victory.
7But you give us victory over our enemies.
You put them to shame.
8All day long we talk about how great God is.
We will praise your name forever.
9But now you have turned your back on us and made us humble.
You don’t march out with our armies anymore.
10You made us turn and run from our enemies.
They have taken what belongs to us.
11You handed us over to be eaten up like sheep.
You have scattered us among the nations.
12You sold your people for very little.
You didn’t gain anything when you sold them.
13You have made us something that our neighbors laugh at.
Those who live around us make fun of us and tease us.
14The nations make jokes about us.
They shake their heads at us.
15All day long I have to live with my shame.
My face is covered with it.
16That’s because they laugh at me and attack me with their words.
They want to get even with me.
17All of this happened to us,
even though we had not forgotten you.
We had not broken the covenant you made with us.
18Our hearts had not turned away from you.
Our feet had not wandered from your path.
19But you crushed us and left us to the wild dogs.
You covered us over with deep darkness.
20We didn’t forget our God.
We didn’t spread out our hands in prayer to a false god.
21If we had, God would have discovered it.
He knows the secrets of our hearts.
22But because of you, we face death all day long.
We are considered as sheep to be killed.
23Lord, wake up! Why are you sleeping?
Get up! Don’t say no to us forever.
24Why do you turn your face away from us?
Why do you forget our pain and troubles?
25We are brought down to the dust.
Our bodies lie flat on the ground.
26Rise up and help us.
Save us because of your faithful love.
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