Psalm 44

Psalm XLIV.

To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil.

We have heard with our ears, O God,

^aOur fathers have told us,

What work thou didst in their days, in ^bthe times of old.

²How thou didst ^cdrive out the heathen with thy hand, and ^dplantedst them;

How thou didst afflict the people, and ^ecast them out.

³For they got not the land in possession ^fby their own sword,

Neither did their own arm save them:

But thy right hand, and thine arm, and ^ffthe light of thy countenance,

^gBecause thou hadst a favour unto them.

^4hThou art my King, O God:

ⁱCommand deliverances for Jacob.

⁵Through thee will we ^kpush down our enemies:

Through thy name will we ^ltread them under that rise up against us.

⁶For ^mI will not trust ^fin my bow,

Neither shall my sword save me.

⁷But thou hast saved us from our enemies,

And hast ⁿput them to shame that hated us.

^8oIn God we boast all the day long,

And praise thy name for ever. Selah.

⁹But thou hast ^pcast off, and put us to shame;

And ^qgoest not forth with our armies.

¹⁰Thou makest us to ^rturn back from the enemy:

And they which hate us spoil for themselves.

^11sThou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat;

And hast ^tscattered us among the heathen.

^12uThou sellest thy people for nought,

And dost not increase thy wealth by their ^xprice.

¹³Thou ^ymakest us ^zaa reproach to our neighbours,

^aA scorn and a ^abderision to them that are round about us.

¹⁴Thou makest us ^ca byword among the heathen,

^dA shaking of the head among the people.

¹⁵My confusion is continually before me,

And ^ethe shame of my face hath covered me,

¹⁶For the voice of him that reproacheth and ^fblasphemeth;

By reason of ^gthe enemy and avenger.

^17hAll this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee,

Neither have we ⁱdealt falsely in thy covenant.

¹⁸Our heart is not ^kturned back,

Neither have our steps ^ldeclined from thy way;

¹⁹Though thou hast ^msore broken us in the place of ⁿdragons,

And covered us with ^othe shadow of death.

²⁰If we have forgotten the name of our God,

Or ^pstretched out our hands to ^qa strange god;

²¹Shall not ^rGod search this out?

For he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

²²Yea, ^sfor thy sake are we killed all the day long;

We are counted as sheep for the slaughter.

^23tAwake, why sleepest thou, O Lord?

Arise, ^ucast us not off for ever.

^24wWherefore hidest thou thy face,

And forgettest our affliction and our oppression?

²⁵For ^xour soul is bowed down to the dust:

Our belly cleaveth unto the earth.

²⁶Arise for our help,

And redeem us for thy mercy’s sake.