Psalms 44 — ULB

For the chief musician. A psalm of the sons of Korah. A maschil.

44Verse 1We have heard with our ears, God,
our fathers have told us
what work you did in their days,
in the days of old.
^{Verse 2}You drove out the nations with your hand,
but you planted our people;
you afflicted the peoples,
but you spread our people out in the land.
^{Verse 3}For they did not obtain the land for their possession by their own sword,
neither did their own arm save them;
but your right hand, your arm, and the light of your face,
because you were favorable to them.
^{Verse 4}God, You are my King;
command victory for Jacob.
^{Verse 5}Through you we will push down our adversaries;
through your name we will tread them under, those who rise up against us.
^{Verse 6}For I will not trust in my bow,
neither will my sword save me.
^{Verse 7}But you have saved us from our adversaries,
and have put to shame those who hate us.
^{Verse 8}In God we have made our boast all the day long,
and we will give thanks to your name forever. Selah
^{Verse 9}But now you have thrown us off and brought us dishonor,
and you do not go out with our armies.
^{Verse 10}You make us turn back from the adversary;
and those who hate us take spoil for themselves.
^{Verse 11}You have made us like sheep to be slaughtered
and have scattered us among the nations.
^{Verse 12}You sell your people for nothing;
you have not increased your wealth by doing so.
^{Verse 13}You make us a rebuke to our neighbors,
scoffed and mocked by those around us.
^{Verse 14}You make us an insult among the nations,
a shaking of the head among the peoples.
^{Verse 15}All the day long my dishonor is before me,
and the shame of my face has covered me
^{Verse 16}because of the voice of him who rebukes and insults,
because of the enemy and the avenger.
^{Verse 17}All this has come on us; yet we have not forgotten you
or dealt falsely with your covenant.
^{Verse 18}Our heart has not turned back;
our steps have not gone from your way.
^{Verse 19}Yet you have severely broken us in the place of jackals
and covered us with the shadow of death.
^{Verse 20}If we have forgotten the name of our God
or spread out our hands to a strange god,
^{Verse 21}would not God search this out?
For he knows the secrets of the heart.
^{Verse 22}Indeed, for your sake we are being killed all day long;
we are considered to be sheep for the slaughter.
^{Verse 23}Awake, why do you sleep, Lord?
Arise, do not throw us off permanently.
^{Verse 24}Why do you hide your face
and forget our affliction and our oppression?
^{Verse 25}For we have melted away into the dust;
our bodies cling to the earth.
^{Verse 26}Rise up for our help
and redeem us for the sake of your covenant faithfulness.