Psalms 44
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
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.
1Unto the end, for them that shall be changed, for the sons of Core, for understanding. A canticle for the Beloved.
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.
2My 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(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.
3Thou art beautiful above the sons of men: grace is poured abroad in thy lips; therefore hath God blessed thee for ever.
4(44-5) Thou art my King, O God; command the salvation of Jacob.
4Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O thou most mighty.
5(44-6) Through Thee do we push down our adversaries; through Thy name do we tread them under that rise up against us.
5With 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(44-7) For I trust not in my bow, neither can my sword save me.
6Thy arrows are sharp: under thee shall people fall, into the hearts of the king’s enemies.
7(44-8) But Thou hast saved us from our adversaries, and hast put them to shame that hate us.
7Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a sceptre of uprightness.
8(44-9) In God have we gloried all the day, and we will give thanks unto Thy name for ever. Selah
8Thou hast loved justice, and hated iniquity: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
9(44-10) Yet Thou hast cast off, and brought us to confusion; and goest not forth with our hosts.
9Myrrh and stacte and cassia perfume thy garments, from the ivory houses: out of which
10(44-11) Thou makest us to turn back from the adversary; and they that hate us spoil at their will.
10The daughters of kings have delighted thee in thy glory. The queen stood on thy right hand, in gilded clothing; surrounded with variety.
11(44-12) Thou hast given us like sheep to be eaten; and hast scattered us among the nations.
11Hearken, O daughter, and see, and incline thy ear: and forget thy people and thy father’s house.
12(44-13) Thou sellest Thy people for small gain, and hast not set their prices high.
12And the king shall greatly desire thy beauty; for he is the Lord thy God, and him they shall adore.
13(44-14) Thou makest us a taunt to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
13And the daughters of Tyre with gifts, yea, all the rich among the people, shall entreat thy countenance.
14(44-15) Thou makest us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.
14All the glory of the king’s daughter is within in golden borders,
15(44-16) All the day is my confusion before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
15Clothed round about with varieties. After her shall virgins be brought to the king: her neighbours shall be brought to thee.
16(44-17) For the voice of him that taunteth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and the revengeful.
16They shall be brought with gladness and rejoicing: they shall be brought into the temple of the king.
17(44-18) All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten Thee, neither have we been false to Thy covenant.
17Instead of thy fathers, sons are born to thee: thou shalt make them princes over all the earth.
18(44-19) Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from Thy path;
18They shall remember thy name throughout all generations. Therefore shall people praise thee for ever; yea, for ever and ever.
19(44-20) Though Thou hast crushed us into a place of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.
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20(44-21) If we had forgotten the name of our God, or spread forth our hands to a strange god;
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21(44-22) Would not God search this out? For He knoweth the secrets of the heart.
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22(44-23) Nay, but for Thy sake are we killed all the day; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
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23(44-24) Awake, why sleepest Thou, O Lord? Arouse Thyself, cast not off for ever.
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24(44-25) Wherefore hidest Thou Thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
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25(44-26) For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
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26(44-27) Arise for our help, and redeem us for Thy mercy's sake.
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