Psalm 44
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1To the chief Musician for 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 times of old.1God, we have heard with our ears--our ancestors have told us--the work you accomplished in their days, in days long ago:
2How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.2In order to plant them, you displaced the nations by your hand; in order to settle them, you brought disaster on the peoples.
3For they got 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.3For they did not take the land by their sword--their arm did not bring them victory--but by your right hand, your arm, and the light of your face, because you were favorable toward them.
4Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.4You are my King, my God, who ordains victories for Jacob.
5Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.5Through you we drive back our foes; through your name we trample our enemies.
6For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.6For I do not trust in my bow, and my sword does not bring me victory.
7But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.7But you give us victory over our foes and let those who hate us be disgraced.
8In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah.8We boast in God all day long; we will praise your name forever. Selah
9But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.9But you have rejected and humiliated us; you do not march out with our armies.
10Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.10You make us retreat from the foe, and those who hate us have taken plunder for themselves.
11Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen.11You hand us over to be eaten like sheep and scatter us among the nations.
12Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.12You sell your people for nothing; you make no profit from selling them.
13Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.13You make us an object of reproach to our neighbors, a source of mockery and ridicule to those around us.
14Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.14You make us a joke among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.
15My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,15My disgrace is before me all day long, and shame has covered my face,
16For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger.16because of the taunts of the scorner and reviler, because of the enemy and avenger.
17All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.17All this has happened to us, but we have not forgotten you or betrayed your covenant.
18Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;18Our hearts have not turned back; our steps have not strayed from your path.
19Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.19But you have crushed us in a haunt of jackals and have covered us with deepest darkness.
20If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;20If we had forgotten the name of our God and spread out our hands to a foreign god,
21Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.21wouldn't God have found this out, since he knows the secrets of the heart?
22Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.22Because of you we are being put to death all day long; we are counted as sheep to be slaughtered.
23Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.23Wake up, LORD! Why are you sleeping? Get up! Don't reject us forever!
24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?24Why do you hide and forget our affliction and oppression?
25For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.25For we have sunk down to the dust; our bodies cling to the ground.
26Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake.26Rise up! Help us! Redeem us because of your faithful love.
King James Bible, text courtesy of BibleProtector.com.The Christian Standard Bible. Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission.
Psalm 43
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