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| Psalms 44:1 | {To the chief Musician. Of the sons of Korah. An instruction.} O God, with our ears have we heard, our fathers have told us, the work thou wroughtest in their days, in the days of old: | <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, |
| Psalms 44:2 | Thou, by thy hand, didst dispossess the nations, but them thou didst plant; thou didst afflict the peoples, but them didst thou cause to spread out. | Uprooting the nations with your hand, and planting our fathers in their place; cutting down the nations, but increasing the growth of your people. |
| Psalms 44:3 | For not by their own sword did they take possession of the land, neither did their own arm save them; but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst delight in them. | 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. |
| Psalms 44:4 | Thou thyself art my king, O God: command deliverance for Jacob. | You are my King and my God; ordering salvation for Jacob. |
| Psalms 44:5 | Through thee will we push down our adversaries; through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us. | Through you will we overcome our haters; by your name will they be crushed under our feet who are violent against us. |
| Psalms 44:6 | For I will not put confidence in my bow, neither shall my sword save me. | I will not put faith in my bow, my sword will not be my salvation. |
| Psalms 44:7 | For thou hast saved us from our adversaries, and hast put them to shame that hate us. | 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. |
| Psalms 44:8 | In God will we boast all the day, and we will praise thy name for ever. Selah. | Our pride is in God at all times, to his name we give praise for ever. (Selah.) |
| Psalms 44:9 | But thou hast cast off, and put us to confusion, and dost not go forth with our armies; | But now you have sent us away from you, and put us to shame; you do not go out with our armies. |
| Psalms 44:10 | Thou hast made us to turn back from the adversary, and they that hate us spoil for themselves; | Because of this we are turned back by the attacker: those who have hate for us take our goods for themselves. |
| Psalms 44:11 | Thou hast given us over like sheep [appointed] for meat, and hast scattered us among the nations; | You have made us like sheep which are taken for meat; we are put to flight among the nations. |
| Psalms 44:12 | Thou hast sold thy people for nought, and hast not increased [thy wealth] by their price; | You let your people go for nothing; your wealth is not increased by their price. |
| Psalms 44:13 | Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a mockery and a derision for them that are round about us; | 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. |
| Psalms 44:14 | Thou makest us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples. | Our name is a word of shame among the nations, a sign for the shaking of heads among the peoples. |
| Psalms 44:15 | All the day my confusion is before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me, | My downfall is ever before me, and I am covered with the shame of my face; |
| Psalms 44:16 | Because of the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and the avenger. | Because of the voice of him who says sharp and bitter words; because of the hater and him who is the instrument of punishment. |
| Psalms 44:17 | All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely against thy covenant: | All this has come on us, but still we have kept you in our memory; and we have not been false to your word. |
| Psalms 44:18 | Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy path; | Our hearts have not gone back, and our steps have not been turned out of your way; |
| Psalms 44:19 | Though thou hast crushed us in the place of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death. | Though you have let us be crushed in the place of jackals, though we are covered with darkest shade. |
| Psalms 44:20 | If we had forgotten the name of our God, and stretched out our hands to a strange ùgod, | If the name of our God has gone out of our minds, or if our hands have been stretched out to a strange god, |
| Psalms 44:21 | Would not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart. | Will not God make search for it? for he sees the secrets of the heart. |
| Psalms 44:22 | But for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are reckoned as sheep for slaughter. | Truly, because of you we are put to death every day; we are numbered like sheep for destruction. |
| Psalms 44:23 | Awake, why sleepest thou, Lord? arise, cast [us] not off for ever. | Why are you sleeping, O Lord? awake! and come to our help, do not give us up for ever. |
| Psalms 44:24 | Wherefore hidest thou thy face, [and] forgettest our affliction and our oppression? | Why is your face covered, and why do you give no thought to our trouble and our cruel fate? |
| Psalms 44:25 | For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our belly cleaveth unto the earth. | For our souls are crushed down to the dust: our bodies are stretched out on the earth. |
| Psalms 44:26 | Rise up for our help, and redeem us for thy loving-kindness' sake. | Up! and come to our help, and give us salvation because of your mercy. |
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