Psalm 44
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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: 1For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A maskil. We have heard it with our ears, O God; our ancestors have told us what you did in their days, in days long ago.
2to plant them, You drove out the nations with Your hand; to settle them, You crushed the peoples. 2With your hand you drove out the nations and planted our ancestors; you crushed the peoples and made our ancestors flourish.
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. 3It was not by their sword that they won the land, nor did their arm bring them victory; it was your right hand, your arm, and the light of your face, for you loved them.
4You are my King, my God, who ordains victories for Jacob. 4You are my King and my God, who decrees victories for Jacob.
5Through You we drive back our foes; through Your name we trample our enemies. 5Through you we push back our enemies; through your name we trample our foes.
6For I do not trust in my bow, and my sword does not bring me victory. 6I put no trust in my bow, my sword does not bring me victory;
7But You give us victory over our foes and let those who hate us be disgraced. 7but you give us victory over our enemies, you put our adversaries to shame.
8We boast in God all day long; we will praise Your name forever. Selah 8In God we make our boast all day long, and we will praise your name forever.
9But You have rejected and humiliated us; You do not march out with our armies. 9But now you have rejected and humbled us; you no longer go out with our armies.
10You make us retreat from the foe, and those who hate us have taken plunder for themselves. 10You made us retreat before the enemy, and our adversaries have plundered us.
11You hand us over to be eaten like sheep and scatter us among the nations. 11You gave us up to be devoured like sheep and have scattered us among the nations.
12You sell Your people for nothing; You make no profit from selling them. 12You sold your people for a pittance, gaining nothing from their sale.
13You make us an object of reproach to our neighbors, a source of mockery and ridicule to those around us. 13You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, the scorn and derision of those around us.
14You make us a joke among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples. 14You have made us a byword among the nations; the peoples shake their heads at us.
15My disgrace is before me all day long, and shame has covered my face, 15I live in disgrace all day long, and my face is covered with shame
16because of the voice of the scorner and reviler, because of the enemy and avenger. 16at the taunts of those who reproach and revile me, because of the enemy, who is bent on revenge.
17All this has happened to us, but we have not forgotten You or betrayed Your covenant. 17All this came upon us, though we had not forgotten you; we had not been false to your covenant.
18Our hearts have not turned back; our steps have not strayed from Your path. 18Our hearts had not turned back; our feet had not strayed from your path.
19But You have crushed us in a haunt of jackals and have covered us with deepest darkness. 19But you crushed us and made us a haunt for jackals; you covered us over with deep darkness.
20If we had forgotten the name of our God and spread out our hands to a foreign god, 20If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,
21wouldn't God have found this out, since He knows the secrets of the heart? 21would not God have discovered it, since he knows the secrets of the heart?
22Because of You we are slain all day long; we are counted as sheep to be slaughtered. 22Yet for your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.
23Wake up, LORD! Why are You sleeping? Get up! Don't reject us forever! 23Awake, Lord! Why do you sleep? Rouse yourself! Do not reject us forever.
24Why do You hide Yourself and forget our affliction and oppression? 24Why do you hide your face and forget our misery and oppression?
25For we have sunk down to the dust; our bodies cling to the ground. 25We are brought down to the dust; our bodies cling to the ground.
26Rise up! Help us! Redeem us because of Your faithful love. 26Rise up and help us; rescue us because of your unfailing love.
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