44:1 We have heard with our ears, O God, Our fathers have told us, What work thou didst in their days, In the days of old.
44:1 {For the choir director. A Maskil of the sons of Korah.} O God, we have heard with our ears, Our fathers have told us, The work that Thou didst in their days, In the days of old.

44:2 Thou didst drive out the nations with thy hand; But them thou didst plant: Thou didst afflict the peoples; But them thou didst spread abroad.
44:2 Thou with Thine own hand didst drive out the nations; Then Thou didst plant them; Thou didst afflict the peoples, Then Thou didst spread them abroad.

44:3 For they gat 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 wast favorable unto them.
44:3 For by their own sword they did not possess the land; And their own arm did not save them; But Thy right hand, and Thine arm, and the light of Thy presence, For Thou didst favor them.

44:4 Thou art my King, O God: Command deliverance for Jacob.
44:4 Thou art my King, O God; Command victories for Jacob.

44:5 Through thee will we push down our adversaries: Through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
44:5 Through Thee we will push back our adversaries; Through Thy name we will trample down those who rise up against us.

44:6 For I will not trust in my bow, Neither shall my sword save me.
44:6 For I will not trust in my bow, Nor will my sword save me.

44:7 But thou hast saved us from our adversaries, And hast put them to shame that hate us.
44:7 But Thou hast saved us from our adversaries, And Thou hast put to shame those who hate us.

44:8 In God have we made our boast all the day long, And we will give thanks unto thy name for ever. (Selah)
44:8 In God we have boasted all day long, And we will give thanks to Thy name forever. Selah.

44:9 But now thou hast cast (us) off, and brought us to dishonor, And goest not forth with our hosts.
44:9 Yet Thou hast rejected [us] and brought us to dishonor, And dost not go out with our armies.

44:10 Thou makest us to turn back from the adversary; And they that hate us take spoil for themselves.
44:10 Thou dost cause us to turn back from the adversary; And those who hate us have taken spoil for themselves.

44:11 Thou hast made us like sheep (appointed) for food, And hast scattered us among the nations.
44:11 Thou dost give us as sheep to be eaten, And hast scattered us among the nations.

44:12 Thou sellest thy people for nought, And hast not increased (thy wealth) by their price.
44:12 Thou dost sell Thy people cheaply, And hast not profited by their sale.

44:13 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and a derision to them that are round about us.
44:13 Thou dost make us a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and a derision to those around us.

44:14 Thou makest us a byword among the nations, A shaking of the head among the peoples.
44:14 Thou dost make us a byword among the nations, A laughingstock among the peoples.

44:15 All the day long is my dishonor before me, And the shame of my face hath covered me,
44:15 All day long my dishonor is before me, And my humiliation has overwhelmed me,

44:16 For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth, By reason of the enemy and the avenger.
44:16 Because of the voice of him who reproaches and reviles, Because of the presence of the enemy and the avenger.

44:17 All this is come upon us; Yet have we not forgotten thee, Neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
44:17 All this has come upon us, but we have not forgotten Thee, And we have not dealt falsely with Thy covenant.

44:18 Our heart is not turned back, Neither have our steps declined from thy way,
44:18 Our heart has not turned back, And our steps have not deviated from Thy way,

44:19 That thou hast sore broken us in the place of jackals, And covered us with the shadow of death.
44:19 Yet Thou hast crushed us in a place of jackals, And covered us with the shadow of death.

44:20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, Or spread forth our hands to a strange god;
44:20 If we had forgotten the name of our God, Or extended our hands to a strange god;

44:21 Will not God search this out? For he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
44:21 Would not God find this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart.

44:22 Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
44:22 But for Thy sake we are killed all day long; We are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.

44:23 Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? Arise, cast (us) not off for ever.
44:23 Arouse Thyself, why dost Thou sleep, O Lord? Awake, do not reject us forever.

44:24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, And forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
44:24 Why dost Thou hide Thy face, And forget our affliction and our oppression?

44:25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust: Our body cleaveth unto the earth.
44:25 For our soul has sunk down into the dust; Our body cleaves to the earth.

44:26 Rise up for our help, And redeem us for thy lovingkindness' sake.
44:26 Rise up, be our help, And redeem us for the sake of Thy lovingkindness.