Psalm 44
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1To the Chief Musician. A Contemplation of the sons of Korah. We have heard with our ears, O God, Our fathers have told us, The deeds You did in their days, In days of old:1For the choir director. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. God, we have heard with our ears-- our ancestors have told us-- the work You accomplished in their days, in days long ago:
2You drove out the nations with Your hand, But them You planted; You afflicted the peoples, and cast them out.2to plant them, You drove out the nations with Your hand; to settle them, You crushed the peoples.
3For they did not gain possession of the land by their own sword, Nor did their own arm save them; But it was Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your countenance, Because You favored 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, for You were pleased with them.
4You are my King, O God; Command victories for Jacob.4You are my King, my God, who ordains victories for Jacob.
5Through You we will push down our enemies; Through Your name we will trample those who 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, Nor shall my sword save me.6For I do not trust in my bow, and my sword does not bring me victory.
7But You have saved us from our enemies, And have put to shame those who hated us.7But You give us victory over our foes and let those who hate us be disgraced.
8In God we boast all day long, And praise Your name forever. Selah8We boast in God all day long; we will praise Your name forever. Selah
9But You have cast us off and put us to shame, And You do not go out with our armies.9But You have rejected and humiliated us; You do not march out with our armies.
10You make us turn back from the enemy, And those who hate us have taken spoil for themselves.10You make us retreat from the foe, and those who hate us have taken plunder for themselves.
11You have given us up like sheep intended for food, And have scattered us among the nations.11You hand us over to be eaten like sheep and scatter us among the nations.
12You sell Your people for next to nothing, And are not enriched by selling them.12You sell Your people for nothing; You make no profit from selling them.
13You make us a reproach to our neighbors, A scorn and a derision to those all around us.13You make us an object of reproach to our neighbors, a source of mockery and ridicule to those around us.
14You make us a byword among the nations, A shaking of the head among the peoples.14You make us a joke among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.
15My dishonor is continually before me, And the shame of my face has covered me,15My disgrace is before me all day long, and shame has covered my face,
16Because of the voice of him who reproaches and reviles, Because of the enemy and the avenger.16because of the voice of the scorner and reviler, because of the enemy and avenger.
17All this has come upon us; But we have not forgotten You, Nor have we dealt falsely with Your covenant.17All this has happened to us, but we have not forgotten You or betrayed Your covenant.
18Our heart has not turned back, Nor have our steps departed from Your way;18Our hearts have not turned back; our steps have not strayed from Your path.
19But You have severely broken us in the place of jackals, 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 had forgotten the name of our God, Or stretched out our hands to a foreign god,20If we had forgotten the name of our God and spread out our hands to a foreign god,
21Would not God search this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart.21wouldn't God have found this out, since He knows the secrets of the heart?
22Yet for Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.22Because of You we are slain all day long; we are counted as sheep to be slaughtered.
23Awake! Why do You sleep, O Lord? Arise! Do not cast us off forever.23Wake up, LORD! Why are You sleeping? Get up! Don't reject us forever!
24Why do You hide Your face, And forget our affliction and our oppression?24Why do You hide Yourself and forget our affliction and oppression?
25For our soul is bowed down to the dust; Our body clings to the ground.25For we have sunk down to the dust; our bodies cling to the ground.
26Arise for our help, And redeem us for Your mercies’ sake.26Rise up! Help us! Redeem us because of Your faithful love.
The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.Holman Christian Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission.
Psalm 43
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