PSALM 44
1For the lead player, for the Korahites, a maskil.
2God, with our own ears we have heard,
our fathers recounted to us
a deed that You did in their days,
in days of yore.
3You, Your hand dispossessed nations—and You planted them.
You smashed peoples and sent them away.
4For not by their sword they took hold of the land,
and it was not their arm that made them victorious
but Your right hand and Your arm,
and the light of Your face when You favored them.
5You are my king, O God.
Ordain the victories of Jacob.
6Through You we gore our foes,
through Your name we trample those against us.
7For not in my bow do I trust,
and my sword will not make me victorious.
8For You rescued us from our foes,
and our enemies You put to shame.
9God we praise all day long,
and Your name we acclaim for all time.
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10Yet You neglected and disgraced us
and did not sally forth in our ranks.
11You turned us back from the foe,
and our enemies took their plunder.
12You made us like sheep to be eaten
and scattered us through the nations.
13You sold Your people for no wealth
and set no high price upon them.
14You made us a shame to our neighbors,
derision and mockery to those round us.
15You made us a byword to nations,
an object of scorn among peoples.
16All day long my disgrace is before me,
and shame has covered my face,
17from the sound of revilers and cursers,
from the enemy and the avenger.
18All this befell us, yet we did not forget You,
and we did not betray Your pact.
19Our heart has not failed,
nor have our footsteps strayed from Your path,
20though You thrust us down to the sea monster’s place
and with death’s darkness covered us over.
21Had we forgotten the name of God
and spread out our palms to an alien god,
22would not God have fathomed it?
For He knows the heart’s secrets.
23For Your sake we are slain all day long,
we are counted as sheep for slaughter.
24Awake, why sleep, O Master!
Rouse up, neglect not forever.
25Why do You hide Your face,
forget our affliction, our oppression?
26For our neck is bowed to the dust,
our belly clings to the ground.
27Rise as a help to us