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
For the Chief Musician; a Psalm of the sons of Korah. Maschil.
1We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us,
What work thou didst in their days, in the days of old.
2Thou didst drive out the nations with thy hand, and plantedst them in;
Thou didst afflict the peoples, and didst spread them abroad.
3For 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 hadst a favour unto them.
4Thou art my King, O God:
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 trust in my bow,
Neither shall my sword save me.
7But thou hast saved us from our adversaries,
And hast put them to shame that hate us.
8In God have we made our boast all the day long,
And we will give thanks unto thy name for ever. Selah
9But now thou hast cast us off, and brought us to dishonour;
And goest not forth with our hosts.
10Thou makest us to turn back from the adversary:
And they which hate us spoil for themselves.
11Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat;
And hast scattered us among the nations.
12Thou sellest thy people for nought,
And hast not increased thy wealth by their price.
13Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours,
A scorn and a derision to 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 long is my dishonour before me,
And the shame of my face hath covered me,
16For 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 in thy covenant.
18Our heart is not turned back,
Neither have our steps declined from thy way;
19That thou hast sore broken us in the place of jackals,
And covered us with the shadow of death.
20If we have forgotten the name of our God,
Or spread forth our hands to a strange god;
21Shall not God search this out?
For he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
22Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long;
We are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
23Awake, why sleepest thou, O 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 lovingkindness' sake.
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