Psalms 44

1We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.

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

2How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.

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.

3For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.

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

4Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.

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

5Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up 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.

6For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.

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

7But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.

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

8In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name 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.

9But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.

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

10Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil 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.

11Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen.

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

12Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.

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

13Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.

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

14Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.

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

15My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,

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

16For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger.

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

17All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.

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

18Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;

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

19Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.

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20If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;

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21Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

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22Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.

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23Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.

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24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?

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25For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.

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26Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies’ sake.

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