Psalm 44:9–22

But you have rejected us and disgraced us

and have not gone out with our armies.

You have made us turn back from the foe,

and those who hate us have gotten spoil.

You have made us like sheep for slaughter

and have scattered us among the nations.

You have sold your people for a trifle,

demanding no high price for them.

You have made us the taunt of our neighbors,

the derision and scorn of those around us.

You have made us a byword among the nations,

a laughingstock among the peoples.

All day long my disgrace is before me,

and shame has covered my face

at the sound of the taunter and reviler,

at the sight of the enemy and the avenger.

All this has come upon us,

though we have not forgotten you,

and we have not been false to your covenant.

Our heart has not turned back,

nor have our steps departed from your way;

yet you have broken us in the place of jackals

and covered us with the shadow of death.

If we had forgotten the name of our God

or spread out our hands to a foreign god,

would not God discover this?

For he knows the secrets of the heart.

Yet for your sake we are killed all the day long;

we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.

But now you have rejected and humbled us;

you no longer go out with our armies.

You made us retreat before the enemy,

and our adversaries have plundered us.

You gave us up to be devoured like sheep

and have scattered us among the nations.

You sold your people for a pittance,

gaining nothing from their sale.

You have made us a reproach to our neighbors,

the scorn and derision of those around us.

You have made us a byword among the nations;

the peoples shake their heads at us.

I live in disgrace all day long,

and my face is covered with shame

at the taunts of those who reproach and revile me,

because of the enemy, who is bent on revenge.

All this came upon us,

though we had not forgotten you;

we had not been false to your covenant.

Our hearts had not turned back;

our feet had not strayed from your path.

But you crushed us and made us a haunt for jackals;

you covered us over with deep darkness.

If we had forgotten the name of our God

or spread out our hands to a foreign god,

would not God have discovered it,

since he knows the secrets of the heart?

Yet for your sake we face death all day long;

we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.

But you have rejected and humiliated us;

you do not march out with our armies.

You make us retreat from the foe,

and those who hate us

have taken plunder for themselves.

You hand us over to be eaten like sheep

and scatter us among the nations.

You sell your people for nothing;

you make no profit from selling them.

You make us an object of reproach to our neighbors,

a source of mockery and ridicule to those around us.

You make us a joke among the nations,

a laughingstock among the peoples.

My disgrace is before me all day long,

and shame has covered my face,

because of the taunts of the scorner and reviler,

because of the enemy and avenger.

All this has happened to us,

but we have not forgotten you

or betrayed your covenant.

Our hearts have not turned back;

our steps have not strayed from your path.

But you have crushed us in a haunt of jackals

and have covered us with deepest darkness.

If we had forgotten the name of our God

and spread out our hands to a foreign god,

wouldn’t God have found this out,

since he knows the secrets of the heart?

Because of you we are being put to death all day long;

we are counted as sheep to be slaughtered.

But now you have tossed us aside in dishonor.

You no longer lead our armies to battle.

You make us retreat from our enemies

and allow those who hate us to plunder our land.

You have butchered us like sheep

and scattered us among the nations.

You sold your precious people for a pittance,

making nothing on the sale.

You let our neighbors mock us.

We are an object of scorn and derision to those around us.

You have made us the butt of their jokes;

they shake their heads at us in scorn.

We can’t escape the constant humiliation;

shame is written across our faces.

All we hear are the taunts of our mockers.

All we see are our vengeful enemies.

All this has happened though we have not forgotten you.

We have not violated your covenant.

Our hearts have not deserted you.

We have not strayed from your path.

Yet you have crushed us in the jackal’s desert home.

You have covered us with darkness and death.

If we had forgotten the name of our God

or spread our hands in prayer to foreign gods,

God would surely have known it,

for he knows the secrets of every heart.

But for your sake we are killed every day;

we are being slaughtered like sheep.

Surely you have rejected and disgraced us,

and have not gone out with our armies.

You have caused us to pull back from the enemy,

and so those who hate us have plundered for themselves.

You have given us as sheep for food,

and among the nations you have scattered us.

You have sold your people cheaply,

and did not profit by their price.

You have made us a taunt to our neighbors,

a derision and a scorn to those around us.

You have made us a byword among the nations,

a shaking of the head among the peoples.

All day long my disgrace is before me,

and the shame of my face covers me,

because of the voice of the taunter and the reviler,

because of the enemy and the avenger.

All this has befallen us, though we have not forgotten you,

and we have not been false to your covenant.

Our heart has not turned back,

and our steps have not turned aside from your way.

But you have crushed us in a place of jackals,

and have covered us with deep shadow.

If we had forgotten the name of our God,

or had spread out our hands in prayer to a foreign god,

would not God discover this,

for he knows the secrets of the heart?

Rather, on account of you we are killed all day long;

we are accounted as sheep for slaughter.

But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame;

And goest not forth with our armies.

Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy:

And they which hate us spoil for themselves.

Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat;

And hast scattered us among the heathen.

Thou sellest thy people for nought,

And dost not increase thy wealth by their price.

Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours,

A scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.

Thou makest us a byword among the heathen,

A shaking of the head among the people.

My confusion is continually before me,

And the shame of my face hath covered me,

For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth;

By reason of the enemy and avenger.

All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee,

Neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.

Our heart is not turned back,

Neither have our steps declined from thy way;

Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons,

And covered us with the shadow of death.

If we have forgotten the name of our God,

Or stretched out our hands to a strange god;

Shall not God search this out?

For he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long;

We are counted as sheep for the slaughter.