44:1 To the Chief Musician. A contemplation for the sons of Korah. We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us the work which You did in their days, in the days of old. |
44:2 You drove out the nations with Your hand and planted them; You did afflict the people and cast them out, |
44:3 For not by their own sword did they possess the land, neither did their own arm save them; but it was Your right hand, and Your arm, and the light of Your countenance because You favored them. |
44:4 You are my King, O God; command deliverance for Jacob. |
44:5 Through You we will push back our enemies; through Your name we will trample those who rise up against us, |
44:6 For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me. |
44:7 But You have saved us from our enemies and have put them to shame, those who hated us. |
44:8 In God we boast all the day long and praise Your name forever. Selah. |
44:9 Yet You have cast us off, and have shamed us, and You do not go forth with our armies. |
44:10 You make us turn back from the adversary and those who hate us plunder for themselves. |
44:11 You have given us like sheep to be eaten and have scattered us among the heathen. |
44:12 You have sold Your people for no great price, gaining nothing from their sale. |
44:13 You make us a curse to our neighbors, a scorn and a mockery to those who are round about us. |
44:14 You make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the people. |
44:15 My confusion is before me all day long, and the shame of my face has covered me |
44:16 Because of the voice of him who slanders and reviles, and because of the enemy and avenger. |
44:17 All this has come upon us, yet we have not forgotten You nor have we dealt falsely in Your covenant. |
44:18 Our heart has not turned back, nor have our steps turned aside from Your way, |
44:19 Yet You have crushed us in the place of jackals 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 knows the secrets of the heart. |
44:22 Yea, for Your sake we are put to death all day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter. |
44:23 Awake! Why do You sleep, O LORD? Arise! Do not cast us off forever. |
44:24 Why do You hide Your face, and forget our affliction and our oppression? |
44:25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our belly cleaves to the earth. |
44:26 Arise for our help, and redeem us for the sake of Your steadfast love. |