Psa 44:1
For the choir director. Of the sons of Korah. A [fn]Maskil.
O God H430, we have heard H8085 with our ears H241,
Our fathers H1 have recounted H5608 to us
The work H6467 that You did H6466 in their days H3117,
In the days H3117 of old H6924.
Psa 44:2
You with Your own hand H3027 dispossessed H3423 the nations H1471;
Then You planted H5193 them;
You afflicted H7489 the peoples H3816,
Then You cast H7971 them out H7971.
Psa 44:3
For by their own sword H2719 they did not possess H3423 the land H776,
And their own arm H2220 did not save H3467 them,
But Your right H3225 hand H3225 and Your arm H2220 and the light H216 of Your presence H6440,
For You favored H7521 them.
Psa 44:4
You are my King H4428, O God H430;
Command H6680 [fn]salvation H3444 for Jacob H3290.
Psa 44:5
Through You we will push H5055 back H5055 our adversaries H6862;
Through Your name H8034 we will tread H947 down H947 those who rise H6965 up H6965 against us.
Psa 44:6
For I will not trust H982 in my bow H7198,
And H3808 my sword H2719 will not save H3467 me.
Psa 44:7
But You have saved H3467 us from our adversaries H6862,
And You have put H954 to H954 shame H954 those who hate H8130 us.
Psa 44:8
In God H430 we have boasted H1984 all H3605 day H3117 long,
And we will give H3034 thanks H3034 to Your name H8034 forever H5769. [fn]Selah H5542.
Psa 44:9
Yet H637 You have rejected H2186 us and brought H3637 us to H3637 dishonor H3637,
And do not go H3318 out H3318 with our armies H6635.
Psa 44:10
You cause us to turn H7725 back H268 from the adversary H6862;
And those who hate H8130 us have plundered H8154 us for themselves.
Psa 44:11
You give H5414 us as sheep H6629 [fn]to be eaten H3978
And have scattered H2219 us among the nations H1471.
Psa 44:12
You sell H4376 Your people H5971 [fn]for no amount H3808 H1952,
And You have not [fn]profited H7235 from their price H4242.
Psa 44:13
You make H7760 us a reproach H2781 to our neighbors H7934,
A mockery H3933 and a derision H7047 to those around H5439 us.
Psa 44:14
You make H7760 us a byword H4912 among the nations H1471,
A [fn]laughingstock H4493 H7218 among the peoples H3816.
Psa 44:15
All H3605 day H3117 long my dishonor H3639 is before H5048 me
And [fn]the shame H1322 of my face H6440 has covered H3680 me,
Psa 44:16
Because H4480 of the voice H6963 of him who reproaches H2778 and reviles H1442,
Because H4480 of the presence H6440 of the enemy H340 and the avenger H5358.
Psa 44:17
All H3605 this H2088 has come H935 upon us, but we have not forgotten H7911 You,
And we have not dealt H8266 falsely H8266 with Your covenant H1285.
Psa 44:18
Our heart H3820 has not turned H5472 back H268,
Nor have our steps H838 deviated H5186 from Your path H734,
Psa 44:19
Yet H3588 You have crushed H1794 us in a place H4725 of jackals H8565
And covered H3680 us with the shadow H6757 of death H6757.
Psa 44:20
If H518 we had forgotten H7911 the name H8034 of our God H430
Or spread H6566 our [fn]hands H3709 to a strange H2114 god H410,
Psa 44:21
Would not God H430 find H2713 this H2088 out H2713?
For He knows H3045 the secrets H8587 of the heart H3820.
Psa 44:22
But for H5921 Your sake H5921 we are killed H2026 all H3605 day H3117 long;
We are counted H2803 as sheep H6629 for the slaughter H2878.
Psa 44:23
Arouse H5782 Yourself, why H4100 do You sleep H3462, O Lord H136?
Awake H6974, do not reject H2186 us forever H5331.
Psa 44:24
Why H4100 do You hide H5641 Your face H6440
And forget H7911 our affliction H6040 and our oppression H3906?
Psa 44:25
For our soul H5315 has sunk H7743 down H7743 into the dust H6083;
Our [fn]body H990 cleaves H1692 to the earth H776.
Psa 44:26
Rise H6965 up H6965, be our help H5833,
And redeem H6299 us for the sake H4616 of Your lovingkindness H2617.
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