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Psalms 44
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890
1 It has come to our ears, O God, our fathers have given us the story, of the works which you did in their days, in the old times,
1Unto the end, for them that shall be changed, for the sons of Core, for understanding. A canticle for the Beloved.
1 OGod, with our ears have we heard, our fathers have told us, the work thou wroughtest in their days, in the days of old:
2Uprooting the nations with your hand, and planting our fathers in their place; cutting down the nations, but increasing the growth of your people.
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.
2 Thou, by thy hand, didst dispossess the nations, but them thou didst plant; thou didst afflict the peoples, but them didst thou cause to spread out.
3For they did not make the land theirs by their swords, and it was not their arms which kept them safe; but your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your face, because you had pleasure in them.
3Thou art beautiful above the sons of men: grace is poured abroad in thy lips; therefore hath God blessed thee for ever.
3 For not by their own sword did they take possession of the land, neither did their own arm save them; but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst delight in them.
4You are my King and my God; ordering salvation for Jacob.
4Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O thou most mighty.
4 Thou thyself art my king, OGod: command deliverance for Jacob.
5Through you will we overcome our haters; by your name will they be crushed under our feet who are violent 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.
5 Through thee will we push down our adversaries; through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
6I will not put faith in my bow, my sword will not be my salvation.
6Thy arrows are sharp: under thee shall people fall, into the hearts of the king's enemies.
6 For I will not put confidence in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
7But it is you who have been our saviour from those who were against us, and have put to shame those who had hate for us.
7Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a sceptre of uprightness.
7 For thou hast saved us from our adversaries, and hast put them to shame that hate us.
8Our pride is in God at all times, to his name we give praise 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.
8 InGod will we boast all the day, and we will praise thy name for ever. Selah.
9But now you have sent us away from you, and put us to shame; you do not go out with our armies.
9Myrrh and stacte and cassia perfume thy garments, from the ivory houses: out of which
9 But thou hast cast off, and put us to confusion, and dost not go forth with our armies;
10Because of this we are turned back by the attacker: those who have hate for us take our goods for themselves.
10The daughters of kings have delighted thee in thy glory. The queen stood on thy right hand, in gilded clothing; surrounded with variety.
10 Thou hast made us to turn back from the adversary, and they that hate us spoil for themselves;
11You have made us like sheep which are taken for meat; we are put to flight among the nations.
11Hearken, O daughter, and see, and incline thy ear: and forget thy people and thy father's house.
11 Thou hast given us over like sheep [appointed] for meat, and hast scattered us among the nations;
12You let your people go for nothing; your wealth is not increased by their price.
12And the king shall greatly desire thy beauty; for he is the Lord thy God, and him they shall adore.
12 Thou hast sold thy people for nought, and hast not increased [thy wealth] by their price;
13You have made us to be looked down on by our neighbours, we are laughed at and shamed by those who are round about us.
13And the daughters of Tyre with gifts, yea, all the rich among the people, shall entreat thy countenance.
13 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a mockery and a derision for them that are round about us;
14Our name is a word of shame among the nations, a sign for the shaking of heads among the peoples.
14All the glory of the king's daughter is within in golden borders,
14 Thou makest us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.
15My downfall is ever before me, and I am covered with the shame of my face;
15Clothed round about with varieties. After her shall virgins be brought to the king: her neighbours shall be brought to thee.
15 All the day my confusion is before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
16Because of the voice of him who says sharp and bitter words; because of the hater and him who is the instrument of punishment.
16They shall be brought with gladness and rejoicing: they shall be brought into the temple of the king.
16 Because of the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and the avenger.
17All this has come on us, but still we have kept you in our memory; and we have not been false to your word.
17Instead of thy fathers, sons are born to thee: thou shalt make them princes over all the earth.
17 All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely against thy covenant:
18Our hearts have not gone back, and our steps have not been turned out of your way;
18They shall remember thy name throughout all generations. Therefore shall people praise thee for ever; yea, for ever and ever.
18 Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy path;
19Though you have let us be crushed in the place of jackals, though we are covered with darkest shade.
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19 Though thou hast crushed us in the place of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.
20If the name of our God has gone out of our minds, or if our hands have been stretched out to a strange god,
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20 If we had forgotten the name of ourGod, and stretched out our hands to a strangegod,
21Will not God make search for it? for he sees the secrets of the heart.
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21 Would notGod search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
22Truly, because of you we are put to death every day; we are numbered like sheep for destruction.
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22 But for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are reckoned as sheep for slaughter.
23Why are you sleeping, O Lord? awake! and come to our help, do not give us up for ever.
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23 Awake, why sleepest thou, Lord? arise, cast [us] not off for ever.
24Why is your face covered, and why do you give no thought to our trouble and our cruel fate?
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24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, [and] forgettest our affliction and our oppression?