Psalms 44
New International Version - Psalms 44 << | >> 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114115116117118119120121122123124125126127128129130131132133134135136137138139140141142143144145146147148149150 44:1 We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us what you did in their days, in days long ago. 44:2 With your hand you drove out the nations and planted our fathers; you crushed the peoples and made our fathers flourish. 44:3 It was not by their sword that they won the land, nor did their arm bring them victory; it was your right hand, your arm, and the light of your face, for you loved them. 44:4 You are my King and my God, who decrees victories for Jacob. 44:5 Through you we push back our enemies; through your name we trample our foes. 44:6 I do not trust in my bow, my sword does not bring me victory; 44:7 but you give us victory over our enemies, you put our adversaries to shame. 44:8 In God we make our boast all day long, and we will praise your name forever. 44:9 But now you have rejected and humbled us; you no longer go out with our armies. 44:10 You made us retreat before the enemy, and our adversaries have plundered us. 44:11 You gave us up to be devoured like sheep and have scattered us among the nations. 44:12 You sold your people for a pittance, gaining nothing from their sale. 44:13 You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, the scorn and derision of those around us. 44:14 You have made us a byword among the nations; the peoples shake their heads at us. 44:15 My disgrace is before me all day long, and my face is covered with shame 44:16 at the taunts of those who reproach and revile me, because of the enemy, who is bent on revenge. 44:17 All this happened to us, though we had not forgotten you or been false to your covenant. 44:18 Our hearts had not turned back; our feet had not strayed from your path. 44:19 But you crushed us and made us a haunt for jackals and covered us over with deep darkness. 44:20 If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god, 44:21 would not God have discovered it, since he knows the secrets of the heart? 44:22 Yet for your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered. 44:23 Awake, O Lord! Why do you sleep? Rouse yourself! Do not reject us forever. 44:24 Why do you hide your face and forget our misery and oppression? 44:25 We are brought down to the dust; our bodies cling to the ground. 44:26 Rise up and help us; redeem us because of your unfailing love.