1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
King James Bible |
Youngs Literal Translation |
|
| 44:1 | 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. | To the Overseer. -- By sons of Korah. An Instruction. O God, with our ears we have heard, Our fathers have recounted to us, The work Thou didst work in their days, In the days of old. |
| 44:2 | How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out. | Thou, `with' Thy hand, nations hast dispossessed. And Thou dost plant them. Thou afflictest peoples, and sendest them away. |
| 44:3 | 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. | For, not by their sword Possessed they the land, And their arm gave not salvation to them, But Thy right hand, and Thine arm, And the light of Thy countenance, Because Thou hadst accepted them. |
| 44:4 | Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob. | Thou `art' He, my king, O God, Command the deliverances of Jacob. |
| 44:5 | Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us. | By Thee our adversaries we do push, By Thy name tread down our withstanders, |
| 44:6 | For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me. | For, not in my bow do I trust, And my sword doth not save me. |
| 44:7 | But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us. | For Thou hast saved us from our adversaries, And those hating us Thou hast put to shame. |
| 44:8 | In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah. | In God we have boasted all the day, And Thy name to the age we thank. Selah. |
| 44:9 | But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies. | In anger Thou hast cast off and causest us to blush, And goest not forth with our hosts. |
| 44:10 | Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves. | Thou causest us to turn backward from an adversary, And those hating us, Have spoiled for themselves. |
| 44:11 | Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen. | Thou makest us food like sheep, And among nations Thou hast scattered us. |
| 44:12 | Thou sellest thy people |
Thou sellest Thy people -- without wealth, And hast not become great by their price. |
| 44:13 | Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us. | Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, A scorn and a reproach to our surrounders. |
| 44:14 | Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people. | Thou makest us a simile among nations, A shaking of the head among peoples. |
| 44:15 | My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me, | All the day my confusion `is' before me, And the shame of my face hath covered me. |
| 44:16 | For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger. | Because of the voice of a reproacher and reviler, Because of an enemy and a self-avenger. |
| 44:17 | All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant. | All this met us, and we did not forget Thee, Nor have we dealt falsely in Thy covenant. |
| 44:18 | Our heart is not turned back, neither have our |
We turn not backward our heart, Nor turn aside doth our step from Thy path. |
| 44:19 | Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death. | But Thou hast smitten us in a place of dragons, And dost cover us over with death-shade. |
| 44:20 | If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god; | If we have forgotten the name of our God, And spread our hands to a strange God, |
| 44:21 | Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart. | Doth not God search out this? For He knoweth the secrets of the heart. |
| 44:22 | Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter. | Surely, for Thy sake we have been slain all the day, Reckoned as sheep of the slaughter. |
| 44:23 | Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever. | Stir up -- why dost Thou sleep, O Lord? Awake, cast us not off for ever. |
| 44:24 | Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression? | Why Thy face hidest Thou? Thou forgettest our afflictions and our oppression, |
| 44:25 | For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth. | For bowed to the dust hath our soul, Cleaved to the earth hath our belly. |
| 44:26 | Arise |
Arise, a help to us, And ransom us for thy kindness' sake. |