Psalm 44

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

1  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.

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

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

3  For 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.

4  hThou art my King, O God:

iCommand deliverances for Jacob.

5  Through thee will we kpush down our enemies:

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

6  For mI will not trust fin my bow,

Neither shall my sword save me.

7  But thou hast saved us from our enemies,

And hast nput them to shame that hated us.

8  oIn God we boast all the day long,

And praise thy name for ever. Selah.

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

And qgoest not forth with our armies.

10  Thou makest us to rturn back from the enemy:

And they which hate us spoil for themselves.

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

And hast tscattered us among the heathen.

12  uThou sellest thy people †for nought,

And dost not increase thy wealth by their xprice.

13  Thou ymakest us zaa reproach to our neighbours,

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

14  Thou makest us ca byword among the heathen,

dA shaking of the head among the people.

15  My confusion is continually before me,

And ethe shame of my face hath covered me,

16  For the voice of him that reproacheth and fblasphemeth;

By reason of gthe enemy and avenger.

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

Neither have we idealt falsely in thy covenant.

18  Our heart is not kturned back,

Neither have our ||steps ldeclined from thy way;

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

And covered us with othe shadow of death.

20  If we have forgotten the name of our God,

Or pstretched out our hands to qa strange god;

21  Shall not rGod search this out?

For he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

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

We are counted as sheep for the slaughter.

23  tAwake, why sleepest thou, O Lord?

Arise, ucast us not off for ever.

24  wWherefore hidest thou thy face,

And forgettest our affliction and our oppression?

25  For xour 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.

Psalm 45

To the chief Musician *upon Shoshannim, for the sons of Korah, ||Maschil, A Song of †loves.

1  My heart †is inditing a good matter:

I speak of the things which I have made touching the king:

My tongue is the apen of ba ready writer.

2  Thou art fairer than the children of men:

cGrace is poured into thy lips:

Therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.

3  dGird thy sword eupon thy thigh, fO most mighty,

With thy gglory and thy majesty.

4  And in thy majesty †hride prosperously

Because of truth and meekness and righteousness;

And thy right hand shall teach thee iterrible things.

5  Thine jarrows are sharp

In the heart of the king’s enemies;

Whereby the people fall under thee.

6  kThy throne, O God, is for ever and ever:

The sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.

7  lThou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness:

Therefore ||mGod, thy God, hath nanointed thee

With the oil of ogladness above thy fellows.

8  All thy garments smell of pmyrrh, and paloes, and cassia,

Out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.

9  Kings’ daughters were among qthy honourable women:

rUpon thy right hand did stand the squeen in tgold of uOphir.

10  Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear;

wForget also thine own people, and thy father’s house;

11  So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty:

For he is xthy Lord; and yworship thou him.

12  And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with za gift;

Even athe rich among the people shall intreat †thy favour.

13  The king’s daughter is ball glorious cwithin:

Her clothing is of wrought gold.

14  dShe shall be brought unto the king ein raiment of needlework:

The virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.

15  With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought:

They shall enter into the king’s palace.

16  Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children,

fWhom thou mayest make princes in all the earth.

17  I will make thy name to be remembered in gall generations:

Therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.

Psalm 46

To the chief Musician ||for the sons of Korah, *A Song upon †Alamoth.

1  God is our arefuge and strength,

bA very present help cin trouble.

2  Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed,

And though the mountains be carried into †the midst of the sea;

3  dThough the waters thereof roar and be troubled,

Though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.

4  There is ea river, the streams whereof shall make glad fthe city of God,

The holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.

5  God is gin the midst of her; hshe shall not be moved:

God shall help her, †and that right early.

6  iThe heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved:

He kuttered his voice, the earth lmelted.

7  mThe Lord of hosts is with us;

The God of Jacob is †our refuge. Selah.

8  nCome, behold the works of the Lord,

What desolations he hath made in the earth.

9  oHe maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth;

pHe breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder;

qHe burneth the chariot in the fire.

10  rBe still, and know that I am God:

sI will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.

11  mThe Lord of hosts is with us;

The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.