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PSA 44:1
Psalm 44:1 |
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We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers
have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old. |
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PSA 44:2
Psalm 44:2 |
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How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy
hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out. |
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PSA 44:3
Psalm 44:3 |
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For they got not the land in possession by their
own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine
arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them. |
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PSA 44:4
Psalm 44:4 |
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Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances
for Jacob. |
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PSA 44:5
Psalm 44:5 |
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Through thee will we push down our enemies:
through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us. |
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PSA 44:6
Psalm 44:6 |
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For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall
my sword save me. |
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PSA 44:7
Psalm 44:7 |
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But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and
hast put them to shame that hated us. |
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PSA 44:8
Psalm 44:8 |
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In God we boast all the day long, and praise
thy name for ever. Selah. |
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PSA 44:9
Psalm 44:9 |
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But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame;
and goest not forth with our armies. |
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PSA 44:10
Psalm 44:10 |
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Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy:
and they which hate us spoil for themselves. |
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PSA 44:11
Psalm 44:11 |
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Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for
meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen. |
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PSA 44:12
Psalm 44:12 |
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Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost
not increase thy wealth by their price. |
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PSA 44:13
Psalm 44:13 |
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Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours,
a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us. |
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PSA 44:14
Psalm 44:14 |
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Thou makest us a byword among the heathen,
a shaking of the head among the people. |
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PSA 44:15
Psalm 44:15 |
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My confusion is continually before me, and the
shame of my face hath covered me, |
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PSA 44:16
Psalm 44:16 |
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For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth;
by reason of the enemy and avenger. |
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PSA 44:17
Psalm 44:17 |
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All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten
thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant. |
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PSA 44:18
Psalm 44:18 |
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Our heart is not turned back, neither have our
steps declined from thy way; |
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PSA 44:19
Psalm 44:19 |
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Though thou hast sore broken us in the place
of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death. |
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PSA 44:20
Psalm 44:20 |
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If we have forgotten the name of our God, or
stretched out our hands to a strange god; |
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PSA 44:21
Psalm 44:21 |
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Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth
the secrets of the heart. |
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PSA 44:22
Psalm 44:22 |
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Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day
long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter. |
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PSA 44:23
Psalm 44:23 |
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Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast
us not off for ever. |
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PSA 44:24
Psalm 44:24 |
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Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest
our affliction and our oppression? |
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PSA 44:25
Psalm 44:25 |
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For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our
belly cleaveth unto the earth. |
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PSA 44:26
Psalm 44:26 |
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Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies'
sake. |
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