Psalms 44

1Unto the end, for them that shall be changed, for the sons of Core, for understanding. A canticle for the Beloved.

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,

1To the Overseer. --By sons of Korah. An Instruction. O God, with our ears we have heard, Our fathers have recounted to us, The work Thou didst work in their days, In the days of old.

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.

2Uprooting the nations with your hand, and planting our fathers in their place; cutting down the nations, but increasing the growth of your people.

2Thou, <FI>with<Fi> Thy hand, nations hast dispossessed. And Thou dost plant them. Thou afflictest peoples, and sendest them away.

3Thou art beautiful above the sons of men: grace is poured abroad in thy lips; therefore hath God blessed thee for ever.

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.

3For, not by their sword Possessed they the land, And their arm gave not salvation to them, But Thy right hand, and Thine arm, And the light of Thy countenance, Because Thou hadst accepted them.

4Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O thou most mighty.

4You are my King and my God; ordering salvation for Jacob.

4Thou <FI>art<Fi> He, my king, O God, Command the deliverances of Jacob.

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.

5Through you will we overcome our haters; by your name will they be crushed under our feet who are violent against us.

5By Thee our adversaries we do push, By Thy name tread down our withstanders,

6Thy arrows are sharp: under thee shall people fall, into the hearts of the king's enemies.

6I will not put faith in my bow, my sword will not be my salvation.

6For, not in my bow do I trust, And my sword doth not save me.

7Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a sceptre of uprightness.

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.

7For Thou hast saved us from our adversaries, And those hating us Thou hast put to shame.

8Thou hast loved justice, and hated iniquity: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

8Our pride is in God at all times, to his name we give praise for ever. (Selah.)

8In God we have boasted all the day, And Thy name to the age we thank. Selah.

9Myrrh and stacte and cassia perfume thy garments, from the ivory houses: out of which

9But now you have sent us away from you, and put us to shame; you do not go out with our armies.

9In anger Thou hast cast off and causest us to blush, And goest not forth with our hosts.

10The daughters of kings have delighted thee in thy glory. The queen stood on thy right hand, in gilded clothing; surrounded with variety.

10Because of this we are turned back by the attacker: those who have hate for us take our goods for themselves.

10Thou causest us to turn backward from an adversary, And those hating us, Have spoiled for themselves.

11Hearken, O daughter, and see, and incline thy ear: and forget thy people and thy father's house.

11You have made us like sheep which are taken for meat; we are put to flight among the nations.

11Thou makest us food like sheep, And among nations Thou hast scattered us.

12And the king shall greatly desire thy beauty; for he is the Lord thy God, and him they shall adore.

12You let your people go for nothing; your wealth is not increased by their price.

12Thou sellest Thy people--without wealth, And hast not become great by their price.

13And the daughters of Tyre with gifts, yea, all the rich among the people, shall entreat thy countenance.

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.

13Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, A scorn and a reproach to our surrounders.

14All the glory of the king's daughter is within in golden borders,

14Our name is a word of shame among the nations, a sign for the shaking of heads among the peoples.

14Thou makest us a simile among nations, A shaking of the head among peoples.

15Clothed round about with varieties. After her shall virgins be brought to the king: her neighbours shall be brought to thee.

15My downfall is ever before me, and I am covered with the shame of my face;

15All the day my confusion <FI>is<Fi> before me, And the shame of my face hath covered me.

16They shall be brought with gladness and rejoicing: they shall be brought into the temple of the king.

16Because of the voice of him who says sharp and bitter words; because of the hater and him who is the instrument of punishment.

16Because of the voice of a reproacher and reviler, Because of an enemy and a self-avenger.

17Instead of thy fathers, sons are born to thee: thou shalt make them princes over all the earth.

17All this has come on us, but still we have kept you in our memory; and we have not been false to your word.

17All this met us, and we did not forget Thee, Nor have we dealt falsely in Thy covenant.

18They shall remember thy name throughout all generations. Therefore shall people praise thee for ever; yea, for ever and ever.

18Our hearts have not gone back, and our steps have not been turned out of your way;

18We turn not backward our heart, Nor turn aside doth our step from Thy path.

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19Though you have let us be crushed in the place of jackals, though we are covered with darkest shade.

19But Thou hast smitten us in a place of dragons, And dost cover us over with death-shade.

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20If the name of our God has gone out of our minds, or if our hands have been stretched out to a strange god,

20If we have forgotten the name of our God, And spread our hands to a strange God,

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21Will not God make search for it? for he sees the secrets of the heart.

21Doth not God search out this? For He knoweth the secrets of the heart.

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22Truly, because of you we are put to death every day; we are numbered like sheep for destruction.

22Surely, for Thy sake we have been slain all the day, Reckoned as sheep of the slaughter.

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23Why are you sleeping, O Lord? awake! and come to our help, do not give us up for ever.

23Stir up--why dost Thou sleep, O Lord? Awake, cast us not off for ever.

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24Why is your face covered, and why do you give no thought to our trouble and our cruel fate?

24Why Thy face hidest Thou? Thou forgettest our afflictions and our oppression,

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25For our souls are crushed down to the dust: our bodies are stretched out on the earth.

25For bowed to the dust hath our soul, Cleaved to the earth hath our belly.

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26Up! and come to our help, and give us salvation because of your mercy.

26Arise, a help to us, And ransom us for thy kindness' sake.