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| Psalms 44:1 | <To the chief music-maker. Of the sons of Korah Maschil.> It has come to our ears, O God, our fathers have given us the story, of the works which you did in their days, in the old times, | We have heard with our ears, O God, Our fathers have told us, What work thou didst in their days, In the days of old. |
| Psalms 44:2 | Uprooting the nations with your hand, and planting our fathers in their place; cutting down the nations, but increasing the growth of your people. | Thou didst drive out the nations with thy hand; But them thou didst plant: Thou didst afflict the peoples; But them thou didst spread abroad. |
| Psalms 44:3 | For they did not make the land theirs by their swords, and it was not their arms which kept them safe; but your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your face, because you had pleasure in them. | For they gat 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 wast favorable unto them. |
| Psalms 44:4 | You are my King and my God; ordering salvation for Jacob. | Thou art my King, O God: Command deliverance for Jacob. |
| Psalms 44:5 | Through you will we overcome our haters; by your name will they be crushed under our feet who are violent against us. | Through thee will we push down our adversaries: Through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us. |
| Psalms 44:6 | I will not put faith in my bow, my sword will not be my salvation. | For I will not trust in my bow, Neither shall my sword save me. |
| Psalms 44:7 | But it is you who have been our saviour from those who were against us, and have put to shame those who had hate for us. | But thou hast saved us from our adversaries, And hast put them to shame that hate us. |
| Psalms 44:8 | Our pride is in God at all times, to his name we give praise for ever. (Selah.) | In God have we made our boast all the day long, And we will give thanks unto thy name for ever. Selah |
| Psalms 44:9 | But now you have sent us away from you, and put us to shame; you do not go out with our armies. | But now thou hast cast [us] off, and brought us to dishonor, And goest not forth with our hosts. |
| Psalms 44:10 | Because of this we are turned back by the attacker: those who have hate for us take our goods for themselves. | Thou makest us to turn back from the adversary; And they that hate us take spoil for themselves. |
| Psalms 44:11 | You have made us like sheep which are taken for meat; we are put to flight among the nations. | Thou hast made us like sheep [appointed] for food, And hast scattered us among the nations. |
| Psalms 44:12 | You let your people go for nothing; your wealth is not increased by their price. | Thou sellest thy people for nought, And hast not increased [thy wealth] by their price. |
| Psalms 44:13 | You have made us to be looked down on by our neighbours, we are laughed at and shamed by those who are round about us. | Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and a derision to them that are round about us. |
| Psalms 44:14 | Our name is a word of shame among the nations, a sign for the shaking of heads among the peoples. | Thou makest us a byword among the nations, A shaking of the head among the peoples. |
| Psalms 44:15 | My downfall is ever before me, and I am covered with the shame of my face; | All the day long is my dishonor before me, And the shame of my face hath covered me, |
| Psalms 44:16 | Because of the voice of him who says sharp and bitter words; because of the hater and him who is the instrument of punishment. | For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth, By reason of the enemy and the avenger. |
| Psalms 44:17 | All this has come on us, but still we have kept you in our memory; and we have not been false to your word. | All this is come upon us; Yet have we not forgotten thee, Neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant. |
| Psalms 44:18 | Our hearts have not gone back, and our steps have not been turned out of your way; | Our heart is not turned back, Neither have our steps declined from thy way, |
| Psalms 44:19 | Though you have let us be crushed in the place of jackals, though we are covered with darkest shade. | That thou hast sore broken us in the place of jackals, And covered us with the shadow of death. |
| Psalms 44:20 | If the name of our God has gone out of our minds, or if our hands have been stretched out to a strange god, | If we have forgotten the name of our God, Or spread forth our hands to a strange god; |
| Psalms 44:21 | Will not God make search for it? for he sees the secrets of the heart. | Will not God search this out? For he knoweth the secrets of the heart. |
| Psalms 44:22 | Truly, because of you we are put to death every day; we are numbered like sheep for destruction. | Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. |
| Psalms 44:23 | Why are you sleeping, O Lord? awake! and come to our help, do not give us up for ever. | Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? Arise, cast [us] not off for ever. |
| Psalms 44:24 | Why is your face covered, and why do you give no thought to our trouble and our cruel fate? | Wherefore hidest thou thy face, And forgettest our affliction and our oppression? |
| Psalms 44:25 | For our souls are crushed down to the dust: our bodies are stretched out on the earth. | For our soul is bowed down to the dust: Our body cleaveth unto the earth. |
| Psalms 44:26 | Up! and come to our help, and give us salvation because of your mercy. | Rise up for our help, And redeem us for thy lovingkindness' sake. Psalm 45 For the Chief Musician; set to Shoshannim. [A Psalm] of the sons of Korah. Maschil. A Song of loves. |
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