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Psalms 44

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1 We have heard it with our ears, O God; our ancestors have told us what you did in their days, in days long ago.

2 With your hand you drove out the nations and planted our ancestors; you crushed the peoples and made our ancestors flourish.

3 It was not by their sword that they won the land, nor did their arm bring them victory; it was your right hand, your arm, and the light of your face, for you loved them.

4 You are my King and my God, who decrees victories for Jacob.

5 Through you we push back our enemies; through your name we trample our foes.

6 I put no trust in my bow, my sword does not bring me victory;

7 but you give us victory over our enemies, you put our adversaries to shame.

8 In God we make our boast all day long, and we will praise your name forever.

9 But now you have rejected and humbled us; you no longer go out with our armies.

10 You made us retreat before the enemy, and our adversaries have plundered us.

11 You gave us up to be devoured like sheep and have scattered us among the nations.

12 You sold your people for a pittance, gaining nothing from their sale.

13 You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, the scorn and derision of those around us.

14 You have made us a byword among the nations; the peoples shake their heads at us.

15 I live in disgrace all day long, and my face is covered with shame

16 at the taunts of those who reproach and revile me, because of the enemy, who is bent on revenge.

17 All this came upon us, though we had not forgotten you; we had not been false to your covenant.

18 Our hearts had not turned back; our feet had not strayed from your path.

19 But you crushed us and made us a haunt for jackals; you covered us over with deep darkness.

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

21 would not God have discovered it, since he knows the secrets of the heart?

22 Yet for your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.

23 Awake, Lord! Why do you sleep? Rouse yourself! Do not reject us forever.

24 Why do you hide your face and forget our misery and oppression?

25 We are brought down to the dust; our bodies cling to the ground.

26 Rise up and help us; rescue us because of your unfailing love.

Revised Standard Version RSV

1 To the choirmaster. A Maskil of the Sons of Korah. We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what deeds thou didst perform in their days, in the days of old:

2 thou with thy own hand didst drive out the nations, but them thou didst plant; thou didst afflict the peoples, but them thou didst set free;

3 for not by their own sword did they win the land, nor did their own arm give them victory; but thy right hand, and thy arm, and the light of thy countenance; for thou didst delight in them.

4 Thou art my King and my God, who ordainest victories for Jacob.

5 Through thee we push down our foes; through thy name we tread down our assailants.

6 For not in my bow do I trust, nor can my sword save me.

7 But thou hast saved us from our foes, and hast put to confusion those who hate us.

8 In God we have boasted continually, and we will give thanks to thy name for ever. [Selah]

9 Yet thou hast cast us off and abased us, and hast not gone out with our armies.

10 Thou hast made us turn back from the foe; and our enemies have gotten spoil.

11 Thou hast made us like sheep for slaughter, and hast scattered us among the nations.

12 Thou hast sold thy people for a trifle, demanding no high price for them.

13 Thou hast made us the taunt of our neighbors, the derision and scorn of those about us.

14 Thou hast made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.

15 All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face,

16 at the words of the taunters and revilers, at the sight of the enemy and the avenger.

17 All this has come upon us, though we have not forgotten thee, or been false to thy covenant.

18 Our heart has not turned back, nor have our steps departed from thy way,

19 that thou shouldst have broken us in the place of jackals, and covered us with deep darkness.

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

21 would not God discover this? For he knows the secrets of the heart.

22 Nay, for thy sake we are slain all the day long, and accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

23 Rouse thyself! Why sleepest thou, O Lord? Awake! Do not cast us off for ever!

24 Why dost thou hide thy face? Why dost thou forget our affliction and oppression?

25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our body cleaves to the ground.

26 Rise up, come to our help! Deliver us for the sake of thy steadfast love!