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44 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.

² How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.

³ For 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.

⁴ Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.

⁵ Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.

⁶ For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.

⁷ But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.

⁸ In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah.

⁹ But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.

¹⁰ Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.

¹¹ Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen.

¹² Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.

¹³ Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.

¹⁴ Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.

¹⁵ My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,

¹⁶ For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger.

¹⁷ All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.

¹⁸ Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;

¹⁹ Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.

²⁰ If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;

²¹ Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

²² Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.

²³ Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.

²⁴ Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?

²⁵ For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.

²⁶ Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake.

To the director: A maskil from the Korah family.

44 God, we have heard about you.
Our fathers told us what you did in their lifetime.
They told us what you did long ago.
² With your great power you took this land from other people,
and you gave it to us.
You crushed those foreigners
and forced them to leave this land.
³ It was not our fathers’ swords that took the land.
It was not their strong arms that brought them victory.
It was your power.
It was because you accepted them and smiled down on them.
⁴ God, you are my king.
Give the command and lead Jacob’s people to victory.
⁵ We need your help to push our enemies back.
Only in your name can we trample those who attacked us.
⁶ I don’t put my trust in my bow.
My sword cannot save me.
⁷ You are the one who saved us from our enemies.
You are the one who put our enemies to shame.
⁸ We have praised you all day long,
and we will praise your name forever. Selah

⁹ But you left us and put us to shame.
You did not go with us into battle.
¹⁰ You let our enemies push us back.
You let them take our wealth.
¹¹ You gave us away like sheep to be killed and eaten.
You scattered us among the nations.
¹² You sold your people for nothing.
You did not even argue over the price.
¹³ You made us a joke to our neighbors.
They laugh and make fun of us.
¹⁴ You made us one of the stories that people love to tell.
People all over the world laugh at us and shake their heads.
¹⁵ All I can think about is my shame.
Just look at my face, and you will see it.
¹⁶ All I can hear are the jokes and insults of my enemies,
as I watch them take their revenge.
¹⁷ We have not forgotten you.
But you do all those things to us.
We did not break the agreement you gave us.
¹⁸ We did not turn away from you.
We did not stop following you.
¹⁹ But you crushed us in this home of jackals.
You left us in this place as dark as death.
²⁰ Did we forget the name of our God?
Did we pray to foreign gods?
²¹ If we did, then God knows it,
because he knows our deepest secrets.
²² All day long we died for you.
We are like sheep being led away to be killed.
²³ Lord, wake up!
Why are you sleeping?
Get up! Don’t ignore us forever!
²⁴ Why are you hiding from us?
Have you forgotten our pain and troubles?
²⁵ We have been pushed down into the dirt.
We are lying face down in the dust. ^{[ a ]}
²⁶ Get up and help us!
Rescue us because of your faithful love.

Footnotes

Psalm 44:25 This shows that the people were being treated like slaves who must bow down to their masters.

Former deliverances and present troubles.

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Maschil.

44 We have heard with our ears, O God,
Our fathers have told us,
What work thou didst in their days,
In the days of old.
² Thou didst drive out the nations with thy hand;
But them thou didst plant:
Thou didst afflict the peoples;
But them thou didst spread abroad.
³ For 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 wast favorable unto them.
⁴ Thou art my King, O God:
Command ^{[ a ]} deliverance for Jacob.
⁵ Through thee will we push down our adversaries:
Through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
⁶ For I will not trust in my bow,
Neither shall my sword save me.
⁷ But thou hast saved us from our adversaries,
And hast put them to shame that hate us.
⁸ In God have we made our boast all the day long,
And we will give thanks unto thy name for ever. Selah

⁹ But now thou hast cast us off, and brought us to dishonor,
And goest not forth with our hosts.
¹⁰ Thou makest us to turn back from the adversary;
And they that hate us take spoil for themselves.
¹¹ Thou hast made us like sheep appointed for food,
And hast scattered us among the nations.
¹² Thou sellest thy people for nought,
And hast not increased thy wealth by their price.
¹³ Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors,
A scoffing and a derision to them that are round about us.
¹⁴ Thou makest us a byword among the nations,
A shaking of the head among the peoples.
¹⁵ All the day long is my dishonor before me,
And the shame of my face hath covered me,
¹⁶ For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth,
By reason of the enemy and the avenger.
¹⁷ All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee,
Neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
¹⁸ Our heart is not turned back,
Neither have our steps declined from thy way,
¹⁹ ^{[ b ]} That thou hast sore broken us in the place of jackals,
And covered us with the shadow of death.
²⁰ If we have forgotten the name of our God,
Or spread forth our hands to a strange god;
²¹ Will not God search this out?
For he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
²² Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long;
We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
²³ Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord?
Arise, cast us not off for ever.
²⁴ Wherefore hidest thou thy face,
And forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
²⁵ For our soul is bowed down to the dust:
Our body cleaveth unto the earth.
²⁶ Rise up for our help,
And redeem us for thy lovingkindness’ sake.

Footnotes

Psalm 44:4 Or, victories
Psalm 44:19 Or, Though

For the Chief Musician. By the sons of Korah. A contemplative psalm.

44 We have heard with our ears, God;
our fathers have told us what work you did in their days,
in the days of old.
² You drove out the nations with your hand,
but you planted them.
You afflicted the peoples,
but you spread them abroad.
³ For they didn’t get the land in possession by their own sword,
neither did their own arm save them;
but your right hand, your arm, and the light of your face,
because you were favorable to them.
⁴ God, you are my King.
Command victories for Jacob!
⁵ Through you, we will push down our adversaries.
Through your name, we will tread down those who rise up against us.
⁶ For I will not trust in my bow,
neither will my sword save me.
⁷ But you have saved us from our adversaries,
and have shamed those who hate us.
⁸ In God we have made our boast all day long.
We will give thanks to your name forever. Selah.

⁹ But now you rejected us, and brought us to dishonor,
and don’t go out with our armies.
¹⁰ You make us turn back from the adversary.
Those who hate us take plunder for themselves.
¹¹ You have made us like sheep for food,
and have scattered us among the nations.
¹² You sell your people for nothing,
and have gained nothing from their sale.
¹³ You make us a reproach to our neighbors,
a scoffing and a derision to those who are around us.
¹⁴ You make us a byword among the nations,
a shaking of the head among the peoples.
¹⁵ All day long my dishonor is before me,
and shame covers my face,
¹⁶ at the taunt of one who reproaches and verbally abuses,
because of the enemy and the avenger.
¹⁷ All this has come on us,
yet we haven’t forgotten you.
We haven’t been false to your covenant.
¹⁸ Our heart has not turned back,
neither have our steps strayed from your path,
¹⁹ though you have crushed us in the haunt of jackals,
and covered us with the shadow of death.
²⁰ If we have forgotten the name of our God,
or spread out our hands to a strange god,
²¹ won’t God search this out?
For he knows the secrets of the heart.
²² Yes, for your sake we are killed all day long.
We are regarded as sheep for the slaughter.
²³ Wake up!
Why do you sleep, Lord? ^{[ a ]}
Arise!
Don’t reject us forever.
²⁴ Why do you hide your face,
and forget our affliction and our oppression?
²⁵ For our soul is bowed down to the dust.
Our body clings to the earth.
²⁶ Rise up to help us.
Redeem us for your loving kindness’ sake.

Footnotes

44:23 The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.”

44 To the Overseer. -- By sons of Korah. An Instruction. O God, with our ears we have heard, Our fathers have recounted to us, The work Thou didst work in their days, In the days of old.

² Thou, [with] Thy hand, nations hast dispossessed. And Thou dost plant them. Thou afflictest peoples, and sendest them away.

³ For, not by their sword Possessed they the land, And their arm gave not salvation to them, But Thy right hand, and Thine arm, And the light of Thy countenance, Because Thou hadst accepted them.

⁴ Thou [art] He, my king, O God, Command the deliverances of Jacob.

⁵ By Thee our adversaries we do push, By Thy name tread down our withstanders,

⁶ For, not in my bow do I trust, And my sword doth not save me.

⁷ For Thou hast saved us from our adversaries, And those hating us Thou hast put to shame.

⁸ In God we have boasted all the day, And Thy name to the age we thank. Selah.

⁹ In anger Thou hast cast off and causest us to blush, And goest not forth with our hosts.

¹⁰ Thou causest us to turn backward from an adversary, And those hating us, Have spoiled for themselves.

¹¹ Thou makest us food like sheep, And among nations Thou hast scattered us.

¹² Thou sellest Thy people -- without wealth, And hast not become great by their price.

¹³ Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, A scorn and a reproach to our surrounders.

¹⁴ Thou makest us a simile among nations, A shaking of the head among peoples.

¹⁵ All the day my confusion [is] before me, And the shame of my face hath covered me.

¹⁶ Because of the voice of a reproacher and reviler, Because of an enemy and a self-avenger.

¹⁷ All this met us, and we did not forget Thee, Nor have we dealt falsely in Thy covenant.

¹⁸ We turn not backward our heart, Nor turn aside doth our step from Thy path.

¹⁹ But Thou hast smitten us in a place of dragons, And dost cover us over with death-shade.

²⁰ If we have forgotten the name of our God, And spread our hands to a strange God,

²¹ Doth not God search out this? For He knoweth the secrets of the heart.

²² Surely, for Thy sake we have been slain all the day, Reckoned as sheep of the slaughter.

²³ Stir up -- why dost Thou sleep, O Lord? Awake, cast us not off for ever.

²⁴ Why Thy face hidest Thou? Thou forgettest our afflictions and our oppression,

²⁵ For bowed to the dust hath our soul, Cleaved to the earth hath our belly.

²⁶ Arise, a help to us, And ransom us for thy kindness' sake.

44 Unto the end, for them that shall be changed, for the sons of Core, for understanding. A canticle for the Beloved.

² My heart hath uttered a good word I speak my works to the king; My tongue is the pen of a scrivener that writeth swiftly.

³ Thou art beautiful above the sons of men: grace is poured abroad in thy lips; therefore hath God blessed thee for ever.

⁴ Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O thou most mighty.

⁵ With thy comeliness and thy beauty set out, proceed prosperously, and reign. Because of truth and meekness and justice: and thy right hand shall conduct thee wonderfully.

⁶ Thy arrows are sharp: under thee shall people fall, into the hearts of the king's enemies.

⁷ Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a sceptre of uprightness.

⁸ Thou hast loved justice, and hated iniquity: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

⁹ Myrrh and stacte and cassia perfume thy garments, from the ivory houses: out of which

¹⁰ The daughters of kings have delighted thee in thy glory. The queen stood on thy right hand, in gilded clothing; surrounded with variety.

¹¹ Hearken, O daughter, and see, and incline thy ear: and forget thy people and thy father's house.

¹² And the king shall greatly desire thy beauty; for he is the Lord thy God, and him they shall adore.

¹³ And the daughters of Tyre with gifts, yea, all the rich among the people, shall entreat thy countenance.

¹⁴ All the glory of the king's daughter is within in golden borders,

¹⁵ Clothed round about with varieties. After her shall virgins be brought to the king: her neighbours shall be brought to thee.

¹⁶ They shall be brought with gladness and rejoicing: they shall be brought into the temple of the king.

¹⁷ Instead of thy fathers, sons are born to thee: thou shalt make them princes over all the earth.

¹⁸ They shall remember thy name throughout all generations. Therefore shall people praise thee for ever; yea, for ever and ever.

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To the director: A maskil from the Korah family.

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Former deliverances and present troubles.

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Maschil.

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For the Chief Musician. By the sons of Korah. A contemplative psalm.

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