Psalms 44
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Berean Standard Bible
1(44-1) For the Leader; a Psalm of the sons of Korah. Maschil. (44-2) O God, we have heard with our ears, our fathers have told us; a work Thou didst in their days, in the days of old.
1We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us the work You did in their days, in the days of old.
2(44-3) Thou with Thy hand didst drive out the nations, and didst plant them in; Thou didst break the peoples, and didst spread them abroad.
2With Your hand You drove out the nations and planted our fathers there; You crushed the peoples and cast them out.
3(44-4) For not by their own sword did they get the land in possession, neither did their own arm save them; but Thy right hand, and Thine arm, and the light of Thy countenance, because Thou wast favourable unto them.
3For it was not by their sword that they took the land; their arm did not bring them victory. It was by Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face, because You favored them.
4(44-5) Thou art my King, O God; command the salvation of Jacob.
4You are my King, O God, who ordains victories for Jacob.
5(44-6) Through Thee do we push down our adversaries; through Thy name do we tread them under that rise up against us.
5Through You we repel our foes; through Your name we trample our enemies.
6(44-7) For I trust not in my bow, neither can my sword save me.
6For I do not trust in my bow, nor does my sword save me.
7(44-8) But Thou hast saved us from our adversaries, and hast put them to shame that hate us.
7For You save us from our enemies; You put those who hate us to shame.
8(44-9) In God have we gloried all the day, and we will give thanks unto Thy name for ever. Selah
8In God we have boasted all day long, and Your name we will praise forever. Selah
9(44-10) Yet Thou hast cast off, and brought us to confusion; and goest not forth with our hosts.
9But You have rejected and humbled us; You no longer go forth with our armies.
10(44-11) Thou makest us to turn back from the adversary; and they that hate us spoil at their will.
10You have made us retreat from the foe, and those who hate us have plundered us.
11(44-12) Thou hast given us like sheep to be eaten; and hast scattered us among the nations.
11You have given us up as sheep to be devoured; You have scattered us among the nations.
12(44-13) Thou sellest Thy people for small gain, and hast not set their prices high.
12You sell Your people for nothing; no profit do You gain from their sale.
13(44-14) Thou makest us a taunt to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
13You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and derision to those around us.
14(44-15) Thou makest us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.
14You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.
15(44-16) All the day is my confusion before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
15All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face,
16(44-17) For the voice of him that taunteth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and the revengeful.
16at the voice of the scorner and reviler, because of the enemy, bent on revenge.
17(44-18) All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten Thee, neither have we been false to Thy covenant.
17All this has come upon us, though we have not forgotten You or betrayed Your covenant.
18(44-19) Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from Thy path;
18Our hearts have not turned back; our steps have not strayed from Your path.
19(44-20) Though Thou hast crushed us into a place of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.
19But You have crushed us in the lair of jackals; You have covered us with deepest darkness.
20(44-21) If we had forgotten the name of our God, or spread forth our hands to a strange god;
20If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,
21(44-22) Would not God search this out? For He knoweth the secrets of the heart.
21would not God have discovered, since He knows the secrets of the heart?
22(44-23) Nay, but for Thy sake are we killed all the day; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
22Yet for Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.
23(44-24) Awake, why sleepest Thou, O Lord? Arouse Thyself, cast not off for ever.
23Wake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping? Arise! Do not reject us forever.
24(44-25) Wherefore hidest Thou Thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
24Why do You hide Your face and forget our affliction and oppression?
25(44-26) For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
25For our soul has sunk to the dust; our bodies cling to the earth.
26(44-27) Arise for our help, and redeem us for Thy mercy's sake.
26Rise up; be our help! Redeem us on account of Your loving devotion.
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