‏ Psalms 44

PSALM 44

God is Our Deliverer

To the director; to the sons of Korah; for contemplation.

1O God, [²with   ³our ears ¹we heard], and   our fathers announced to us the work which you worked in   their days, in [²days ¹ancient]. 2  Your hand [²nations ¹utterly destroyed], and planted them. You afflicted peoples and cast them out. 3For not by   their broadsword they inherited the land, and   their arm did not deliver them; but it was    your right hand, and   your arm, and the illumination   of your countenance, for you thought well by them. 4You are he, O my king and   my God, the one giving charge to the deliverances of Jacob. 5In you   [²our enemies ¹we will gore], and in   your name we will treat with contempt the ones rising up against us. 6For not upon   my bow will I hope; and   my broadsword will not deliver me. 7For he delivered us from the ones afflicting us; and the ones detesting us he disgraced. 8In   God we will be praised the entire   day; and in   your name we will make acknowledgment into the eon. 9But now you thrusted away, and disgraced us; and you shall not go forth, O God, with   our forces. 10You turned us to the rear by   our enemies; and the ones detesting us plundered for themselves. 11You gave us as sheep for food; and among the nations you scattered us. 12You rendered   your people without a value; and there was no abundance by   their shout. 13You put us for scorn to  our neighbors; for a sneering and a taunting to the ones round about us. 14You put us as a parable among the nations; a shaking of the head among the peoples. 15[⁵the entire   ⁶day   ¹My being made ashamed ³in front ⁴of me ²is], and the shame   of my face covered me; 16even from the voice of the one berating and speaking improperly from in front of the enemy and the one banishing. 17All these things  came upon us, but we did not forget you; and we did not do wrong by your covenant; 18and we did not leave [²to ³the ⁴rear   ¹our heart], nor turned aside   our paths from   your way. 19For you humbled us in the place of affliction; and [³covered over ⁴us ¹the shadow ²of death]. 20If we forgot the name   of our God, and if we opened and spread out our hands to [²god ¹an alien], 21shall not   God require these things? For he knows the secret things  of the heart. 22For because of you we are being put to death the entire   day; we are considered as sheep for slaughter. 23Awaken! Why do you sleep, O lord? Rise up! and you should not thrust us away unto the end. 24Why   [³your face ¹do you ²turn] and forget   our poorness and   our affliction? 25For [²was humbled ³into ⁴the dust   ¹our soul]; [²was cleaved ³to ⁴the earth   ¹our belly]. 26Rise up, O lord, help us and ransom us because of   your name!