For the end, a Psalm for instruction, for
the sons of Core. 44:1 O God, we have heard with our ears, our fathers
have told us, the work which thou wroughtest in their days, in the days of
old.
44:2 Thine hand utterly destroyed the heathen, and thou didst plant them:
thou didst afflict the nations, and cast them out.
44:3 For they inherited not the land by their [own] sword, and their [own]
arm did not deliver them; but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light
of thy countenance, because thou wert well pleased in them.
44:4 Thou art indeed my King and my God, who commandest deliverances for
Jacob.
44:5 In thee will we push down our enemies, and in thy name will we bring to
nought them that rise up against us.
44:6 For I will not trust in my bow, and my sword shall not save me.
44:7 For thou hast saved us from them that afflicted us, and hast put to
shame them that hated us.
44:8 In God will we make our boast all the day, and to thy name will we give
thanks for ever. Pause.
44:9 But now thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and thou wilt not go
forth with our hosts.
44:10 Thou hast turned us back before our enemies; and they that hated us
spoiled for themselves.
44:11 Thou madest us as sheep for meat; and thou scatteredst us among the
nations.
44:12 Thou hast sold thy people without price, and there was no profit by
their exchange.
44:13 Thou hast made us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision
them that are round about us.
44:14 Thou hast made us a proverb among the Gentiles, a shaking of the head
among the nations.
44:15 All the day my shame is before me, and the confusion of my face has
covered me,
44:16 because of the voice of the slanderer and reviler; because of the
enemy and avenger.
44:17 All these things are come upon us: but we have not forgotten thee,
neither have we dealt unrighteously in thy covenant.
44:18 And our heart has not gone back; but thou hast turned aside our paths
from thy way.
44:19 For thou hast laid us low in a place of affliction, and the shadow of
death has covered us.
44:20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, and if we have spread out
our hands to a strange god; shall not God search these things out?
44:21 for he knows the secrets of the heart.
44:22 For, for thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are counted as
sheep for slaughter.
44:23 Awake, wherefore sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, and do not cast [us]
off for ever.
44:24 Wherefore turnest thou thy face away, [and] forgettest our poverty and
our affliction?
44:25 For our soul has been brought down to the dust; our belly has cleaved
to the earth.
44:26 Arise, O Lord, help us, and redeem us for thy name's sake. |
To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah,
Maschil. 44:1 We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told
us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.
44:2 How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them;
how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.
44:3 For 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.
44:4 Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.
44:5 Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we
tread them under that rise up against us.
44:6 For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
44:7 But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame
that hated us.
44:8 In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah.
44:9 But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with
our armies.
44:10 Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us
spoil for themselves.
44:11 Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered
us among the heathen.
44:12 Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth
by their price.
44:13 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to
them that are round about us.
44:14 Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among
the people.
44:15 My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath
covered me,
44:16 For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of
the enemy and avenger.
44:17 All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have
we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
44:18 Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy
way;
44:19 Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered
us with the shadow of death.
44:20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands
to a strange god;
44:21 Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the
heart.
44:22 Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as
sheep for the slaughter.
44:23 Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.
44:24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our
oppression?
44:25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the
earth.
44:26 Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake. |