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:
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.
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.
Psalms 44:4
Thou thyself art my king, O God: command deliverance 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.
Psalms 44:6
For I will not put confidence in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
Psalms 44:7
For thou hast saved us from our adversaries, and hast put them to shame that hate us.
Psalms 44:8
In God will we boast all the day, and we will praise thy name for ever. Selah.
Psalms 44:9
But thou hast cast off, and put us to confusion, and dost not go forth with our armies;
Psalms 44:10
Thou hast made us to turn back from the adversary, and they that hate us spoil for themselves;
Psalms 44:11
Thou hast given us over like sheep appointed for meat, and hast scattered us among the nations;
Psalms 44:12
Thou hast sold thy people for nought, and hast not increased thy wealth 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;
Psalms 44:14
Thou makest us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.
Psalms 44:15
All the day my confusion is before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
Psalms 44:16
Because of the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and the avenger.
Psalms 44:17
All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely against thy covenant:
Psalms 44:18
Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy path;
Psalms 44:19
Though thou hast crushed us in the place of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.
Psalms 44:20
If we had forgotten the name of our God, and stretched out our hands to a strange *god,
Psalms 44:21
Would not God search this out? for he knoweth 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.
Psalms 44:23
Awake, why sleepest thou, Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.
Psalms 44:24
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
Psalms 44:25
For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
Psalms 44:26
Rise up for our help, and redeem us for thy loving-kindness' sake.