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Psalm 44

The Complete Jewish Bible CJB

1 For the leader. By the descendants of Korach. A maskil: God, we heard it with our ears; our fathers told us about it -a deed which you did in their days, back in days of old.

2 With your hand you drove out nations to plant them in [the land], you crushed peoples to make room for them.

3 For not by their own swords did they conquer the land, nor did their own arm give them victory; rather, it was your right hand, your arm and the light of your face; because you favored them.

4 God, you are my king; command complete victory for Ya'akov.

5 Through you we pushed away our foes, through your name we trampled down our assailants.

6 For I don't rely on my bow, nor can my sword give me victory.

7 No, you saved us from our adversaries; you put to shame those who hate us.

8 We will boast in our God all day and give thanks to your name forever. (Selah)

9 Yet now you have thrust us aside and disgraced us; you don't march out with our armies.

10 You make us retreat from the adversary, and those who hate us plunder us at will.

11 You have handed us over like sheep to be eaten and scattered us among the nations.

12 You sell your people for a pittance, you don't even profit on the sale.

13 You make us an object for our neighbors to mock, one of scorn and derision to those around us.

14 You make us a byword among the nations; the peoples jeer at us, shaking their heads.

15 All day long my disgrace is on my mind, and shame has covered my face

16 at the sound of those who revile and insult, at the sight of the enemy bent on revenge.

17 Though all this came on us, we did not forget you; we have not been false to your covenant;

18 Our hearts have not turned back, and our steps did not turn away from your path,

19 though you pressed us into a lair of jackals and covered us with death-dark gloom.

20 If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,

21 wouldn't God have discovered this, since he knows the secrets of the heart?

22 For your sake we are put to death all day long, we are considered sheep to be slaughtered.

23 Wake up, Adonai! Why are you asleep? Rouse yourself! Don't thrust us off forever.

24 Why are you turning your face away, forgetting our pain and misery?

25 For we are lying flat in the dust, our bodies cling to the ground.

26 Get up, and come to help us! For the sake of your grace, redeem us!

New Living Translation NLT

1 O God, we have heard it with our own ears— our ancestors have told us of all you did in their day, in days long ago:

2 You drove out the pagan nations by your power and gave all the land to our ancestors. You crushed their enemies and set our ancestors free.

3 They did not conquer the land with their swords; it was not their own strong arm that gave them victory. It was your right hand and strong arm and the blinding light from your face that helped them, for you loved them.

4 You are my King and my God. You command victories for Israel.

5 Only by your power can we push back our enemies; only in your name can we trample our foes.

6 I do not trust in my bow; I do not count on my sword to save me.

7 You are the one who gives us victory over our enemies; you disgrace those who hate us.

8 O God, we give glory to you all day long and constantly praise your name. Interlude

9 But now you have tossed us aside in dishonor. You no longer lead our armies to battle.

10 You make us retreat from our enemies and allow those who hate us to plunder our land.

11 You have butchered us like sheep and scattered us among the nations.

12 You sold your precious people for a pittance, making nothing on the sale.

13 You let our neighbors mock us. We are an object of scorn and derision to those around us.

14 You have made us the butt of their jokes; they shake their heads at us in scorn.

15 We can’t escape the constant humiliation; shame is written across our faces.

16 All we hear are the taunts of our mockers. All we see are our vengeful enemies.

17 All this has happened though we have not forgotten you. We have not violated your covenant.

18 Our hearts have not deserted you. We have not strayed from your path.

19 Yet you have crushed us in the jackal’s desert home. You have covered us with darkness and death.

20 If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread our hands in prayer to foreign gods,

21 God would surely have known it, for he knows the secrets of every heart.

22 But for your sake we are killed every day; we are being slaughtered like sheep.

23 Wake up, O Lord! Why do you sleep? Get up! Do not reject us forever.

24 Why do you look the other way? Why do you ignore our suffering and oppression?

25 We collapse in the dust, lying face down in the dirt.

26 Rise up! Help us! Ransom us because of your unfailing love.