Psalms 44

1Unto the end, for the sons of Core, to give understanding.

2We have heard, O God, with our ears: our fathers have declared to us, The work, thou hast wrought in their days, and in the days of old.

3Thy hand destroyed the Gentiles, and thou plantedst them: thou didst afflict the people and cast them out.

4For they got not the possession of the land by their own sword: neither did their own arm save them. But thy right hand and thy arm, and the light of thy countenance: because thou wast pleased with them.

5Thou art thyself my king and my God, who commandest the saving of Jacob.

6Through thee we will push down our enemies with the horn: and through thy name we will despise them that rise up against us.

7For I will not trust in my bow: neither shall my sword save me.

8But thou hast saved us from them that afflict us: and hast put them to shame that hate us.

9In God shall we glory all the day long: and in thy name we will give praise for ever.

10But now thou hast cast us off, and put us to shame: and thou, O God, wilt not go out with our armies.

11Thou hast made us turn our back to our enemies: and they that hated us plundered for themselves.

12Thou hast given us up like sheep to be eaten: thou hast scattered us among the nations.

13Thou hast sold thy people for no price: and there was no reckoning in the exchange of them.

14Thou hast made us a reproach to our neighbours, a scoff and derision to them that are round about us.

15Thou hast made us a byword among the Gentiles: a shaking of the head among the people.

16All the day long my shame is before me: and the confusion of my face hath covered me,

17At the voice of him that reproacheth and detracteth me: at the face of the enemy and persecutor.

18All these things have come upon us, yet we have not forgotten thee: and we have not done wickedly in they covenant.

19And our heart hath not turned back: neither hast thou turned aside our steps from thy way.

20For thou hast humbled us in the place of affliction: and the shadow of death hath covered us.

21If we have forgotten the name of our God, and if we have spread forth our hands to a strange god:

22Shall not God search out these things: for he knoweth the secrets of the heart. Because for thy sake we are killed all the day long: we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.

23Arise, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, and cast us not off to the end.

24Why turnest thou face away? and forgettest our want and our trouble?

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

26Arise, O Lord, help us and redeem us for thy name’s sake.

1In finem. Filiis Core ad intellectum.

2[Deus, auribus nostris audivimus, patres nostri annuntiaverunt nobis, opus quod operatus es in diebus eorum, et in diebus antiquis.

3Manus tua gentes disperdidit, et plantasti eos; afflixisti populos, et expulisti eos.

4Nec enim in gladio suo possederunt terram, et brachium eorum non salvavit eos: sed dextera tua et brachium tuum, et illuminatio vultus tui, quoniam complacuisti in eis.

5Tu es ipse rex meus et Deus meus, qui mandas salutes Jacob.

6In te inimicos nostros ventilabimus cornu, et in nomine tuo spernemus insurgentes in nobis.

7Non enim in arcu meo sperabo, et gladius meus non salvabit me:

8salvasti enim nos de affligentibus nos, et odientes nos confudisti.

9In Deo laudabimur tota die, et in nomine tuo confitebimur in sæculum.

10Nunc autem repulisti et confudisti nos, et non egredieris, Deus, in virtutibus nostris.

11Avertisti nos retrorsum post inimicos nostros, et qui oderunt nos diripiebant sibi.

12Dedisti nos tamquam oves escarum, et in gentibus dispersisti nos.

13Vendidisti populum tuum sine pretio, et non fuit multitudo in commutationibus eorum.

14Posuisti nos opprobrium vicinis nostris; subsannationem et derisum his qui sunt in circuitu nostro.

15Posuisti nos in similitudinem gentibus; commotionem capitis in populis.

16Tota die verecundia mea contra me est, et confusio faciei meæ cooperuit me:

17a voce exprobrantis et obloquentis, a facie inimici et persequentis.

18Hæc omnia venerunt super nos; nec obliti sumus te, et inique non egimus in testamento tuo.

19Et non recessit retro cor nostrum; et declinasti semitas nostras a via tua:

20quoniam humiliasti nos in loco afflictionis, et cooperuit nos umbra mortis.

21Si obliti sumus nomen Dei nostri, et si expandimus manus nostras ad deum alienum,

22nonne Deus requiret ista? ipse enim novit abscondita cordis. Quoniam propter te mortificamur tota die; æstimati sumus sicut oves occisionis.

23Exsurge; quare obdormis, Domine? exsurge, et ne repellas in finem.

24Quare faciem tuam avertis? oblivisceris inopiæ nostræ et tribulationis nostræ?

25Quoniam humiliata est in pulvere anima nostra; conglutinatus est in terra venter noster.

26Exsurge, Domine, adjuva nos, et redime nos propter nomen tuum.]

1Unto the end. To the sons of Korah, toward understanding.

2We have heard, O God, with our own ears. Our fathers have announced to us the work that you wrought in their days and in the days of antiquity.

3Your hand dispersed the Gentiles, and you transplanted them. You afflicted a people, and you expelled them.

4For they did not take possession of the land by their sword, and their own arm did not save them. But your right hand and your arm, and the light of your countenance did so, because you were pleased with them.

5You yourself are my king and my God, who commands the salvation of Jacob.

6With you, we will brandish a horn before our enemies; and in your name, we will spurn those rising up against us.

7For I will not hope in my bow, and my sword will not save me.

8For you have saved us from those who afflict us, and you have bewildered those who hate us.

9In God, we will give praise all day long; and in your name, we will confess forever.

10But now, you have rejected and bewildered us, and you will not go forth with our armies, O God.

11You have turned our back to our enemies, and those who hated us have plundered for themselves.

12You have given us over like sheep for food. You have scattered us among the Gentiles.

13You have sold your people without a price, and no great number was exchanged for them.

14You have set us as a disgrace to our neighbors, a scoff and a derision to those who are around us.

15You have set us as a parable among the Gentiles, a shaking of the head among the peoples.

16All day long my shame is before me, and the confusion of my face has covered me,

17before the voice of the reproacher and the commentator, before the face of the adversary and the pursuer.

18All these things have come upon us, yet we have not forgotten you, and we have not acted unjustly in your covenant.

19And our heart has not turned back. And you have not diverted our steps from your way.

20For you humbled us in a place of affliction, and the shadow of death has covered us.

21If we have forgotten the name of our God, and if we have extended our hands to a foreign god,

22will not God find this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart. For, because of you, we are being killed all day long. We are considered as sheep for the slaughter.

23Rise up. Why do you fall asleep, O Lord? Rise up, and do not reject us in the end.

24Why do you turn your face away, and why do you forget our needfulness and our tribulation?

25For our soul has been humbled into the dust. Our belly has been bound to the earth.

26Rise up, O Lord. Help us and redeem us, because of your name.