Psalm 44:1
For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us the work You did in their days, in the days of old.
Psalm 44:2
With Your hand You drove out the nations and planted our fathers there; You crushed the peoples and cast them out.
Psalm 44:3
For it was not by their sword that they took the land; their arm did not bring them victory. It was by Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face, because You favored them.
Psalm 44:4
You are my King, O God, who ordains victories for Jacob.
Psalm 44:5
Through You we repel our foes; through Your name we trample our enemies.
Psalm 44:6
For I do not trust in my bow, nor does my sword save me.
Psalm 44:7
For You save us from our enemies; You put those who hate us to shame.
Psalm 44:8
In God we have boasted all day long, and Your name we will praise forever. Selah
Psalm 44:9
But You have rejected and humbled us; You no longer go forth with our armies.
Psalm 44:10
You have made us retreat from the foe, and those who hate us have plundered us.
Psalm 44:11
You have given us up as sheep to be devoured; You have scattered us among the nations.
Psalm 44:12
You sell Your people for nothing; no profit do You gain from their sale.
Psalm 44:13
You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and derision to those around us.
Psalm 44:14
You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.
Psalm 44:15
All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face,
Psalm 44:16
at the voice of the scorner and reviler, because of the enemy, bent on revenge.
Psalm 44:17
All this has come upon us, though we have not forgotten You or betrayed Your covenant.
Psalm 44:18
Our hearts have not turned back; our steps have not strayed from Your path.
Psalm 44:19
But You have crushed us in the lair of jackals; You have covered us with deepest darkness.
Psalm 44:20
If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,
Psalm 44:21
would not God have discovered, since He knows the secrets of the heart?
Psalm 44:22
Yet for Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.
Psalm 44:23
Wake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping? Arise! Do not reject us forever.
Psalm 44:24
Why do You hide Your face and forget our affliction and oppression?
Psalm 44:25
For our soul has sunk to the dust; our bodies cling to the earth.
Psalm 44:26
Rise up; be our help! Redeem us on account of Your loving devotion.