Psalms 44

1We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.

אֱלֹהִים ׀ בְּאָזְנֵינוּ שָׁמַעְנוּ אֲבֹותֵינוּ סִפְּרוּ־לָנוּ פֹּעַל פָּעַלְתָּ בִימֵיהֶם בִּימֵי קֶדֶם׃ (2658)

2How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.

אַתָּה ׀ יָדְךָ גֹּויִם הֹורַשְׁתָּ וַתִּטָּעֵם תָּרַע לְאֻמִּים וַתְּשַׁלְּחֵם׃ (3510)

3For 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.

כִּי לֹא בְחַרְבָּם יָרְשׁוּ אָרֶץ וּזְרֹועָם לֹא־הֹושִׁיעָה לָּמֹו כִּי־יְמִינְךָ וּזְרֹועֲךָ וְאֹור פָּנֶיךָ כִּי רְצִיתָם׃ (3564)

4Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.

אַתָּה־הוּא מַלְכִּי אֱלֹהִים צַוֵּה יְשׁוּעֹות יַעֲקֹב׃ (1679)

5Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.

בְּךָ צָרֵינוּ נְנַגֵּחַ בְּשִׁמְךָ נָבוּס קָמֵינוּ׃ (1175)

See also: Psalms 60:12, Psalms 108:13, Psalms 138:7, Psalms 118:10-13, 2 Corinthians 1:9, Philippians 4:13, Deuteronomy 33:17, Daniel 8:4, Zechariah 10:5, 2 Samuel 22:40, Psalms 91:13, Isaiah 41:14-16, Judges 5:21, 1 Kings 22:11, Romans 16:20, Psalms 7:5, Psalms 18:37, Psalms 18:39-42, Psalms 60:10

6For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.

כִּי לֹא בְקַשְׁתִּי אֶבְטָח וְחַרְבִּי לֹא תֹושִׁיעֵנִי׃ (1996)

See also: 1 Samuel 17:47, 1 Samuel 17:45, Psalms 20:7, Hosea 1:7, Psalms 18:29, Psalms 33:16-17, 1 Samuel 14:23, 2 Kings 6:22, Job 40:14

7But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.

כִּי הֹושַׁעְתָּנוּ מִצָּרֵינוּ וּמְשַׂנְאֵינוּ הֱבִישֹׁותָ׃ (2449)

See also: Psalms 136:24, Psalms 140:7, Joshua 1:5, Joshua 23:9-10, Psalms 132:18, Genesis 49:24, Joshua 10:42, Psalms 40:14, Psalms 53:5, Psalms 83:1-18, Psalms 144:10, Joshua 10:8-10, Joshua 11:6, Judges 2:18, Judges 7:4-7, 1 Samuel 7:8-12, 1 Samuel 14:6-10, 1 Samuel 17:47, 2 Samuel 7:10

8In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah.

בֵּאלֹהִים הִלַּלְנוּ כָל־הַיֹּום וְשִׁמְךָ ׀ לְעֹולָם נֹודֶה סֶלָה׃ (1022)

See also: Jeremiah 9:24, Psalms 34:2, 1 Corinthians 1:29-31, Romans 2:17, Psalms 30:12, Psalms 89:16, Isaiah 45:25, Psalms 79:13, Psalms 115:1-18, 1 Chronicles 16:35, Job 29:5

9But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.

אַף־זָנַחְתָּ וַתַּכְלִימֵנוּ וְלֹא־תֵצֵא בְּצִבְאֹותֵינוּ׃ (2203)

See also: Psalms 60:10, Psalms 74:1, Psalms 60:1, Psalms 108:11, Psalms 43:2, Psalms 89:38-45, Jeremiah 33:24-26, Lamentations 3:31-32, Romans 11:1-6, Judges 2:14, 1 Samuel 4:2, Job 19:6, Psalms 44:23, Psalms 77:7, Psalms 80:12-13, Psalms 88:14, Lamentations 1:6, Lamentations 5:22

10Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.

תְּשִׁיבֵנוּ אָחֹור מִנִּי־צָר וּמְשַׂנְאֵינוּ שָׁסוּ לָמֹו׃ (2278)

See also: Leviticus 26:17, Joshua 7:8, Joshua 7:12, Psalms 89:41, Deuteronomy 28:25, 1 Kings 8:33, Psalms 21:12, Isaiah 10:6, Joel 2:17, Leviticus 26:14, Leviticus 26:36-37, 1 Samuel 4:17, 1 Samuel 31:1-7, 2 Chronicles 6:24, Isaiah 10:14, Jeremiah 15:13, Jeremiah 20:8, Psalms 89:43

11Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen.

תִּתְּנֵנוּ כְּצֹאן מַאֲכָל וּבַגֹּויִם זֵרִיתָנוּ׃ (1898)

12Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.

תִּמְכֹּר־עַמְּךָ בְלֹא־הֹון וְלֹא־רִבִּיתָ בִּמְחִירֵיהֶם׃ (1848)

See also: Jeremiah 15:13, Isaiah 52:3, Deuteronomy 32:30, Judges 2:14, Judges 3:8, Isaiah 50:1, Judges 5:19, Judges 10:7, Nehemiah 5:8-12, Isaiah 52:5, Revelation 18:13

13Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.

תְּשִׂימֵנוּ חֶרְפָּה לִשְׁכֵנֵינוּ לַעַג וָקֶלֶס לִסְבִיבֹותֵינוּ׃ (2440)

14Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.

תְּשִׂימֵנוּ מָשָׁל בַּגֹּויִם מְנֹוד־רֹאשׁ בַּל־אֻמִּים׃ (1961)

See also: 1 Kings 9:7, Jeremiah 24:9, Job 17:6, Deuteronomy 28:37, 2 Kings 19:21, 2 Chronicles 7:20, Job 16:4, Lamentations 2:15-17, Job 30:9, Psalms 13:2, Psalms 22:7, Psalms 109:25, Isaiah 37:22, Jeremiah 18:16

15My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,

כָּל־הַיֹּום כְּלִמָּתִי נֶגְדִּי וּבֹשֶׁת פָּנַי כִּסָּתְנִי׃ (2066)

See also: Psalms 89:45, Psalms 69:7, Daniel 9:7, Joshua 7:7-9, 2 Chronicles 32:21, Psalms 71:13, Jeremiah 51:51, Ezra 9:6, Jeremiah 3:25

16For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger.

מִקֹּול מְחָרֵף וּמְגַדֵּף מִפְּנֵי אֹויֵב וּמִתְנַקֵּם׃ (1472)

See also: Psalms 8:2, Zechariah 8:13, Psalms 74:10, Psalms 74:18, Psalms 74:22-23, Psalms 79:12, Isaiah 37:3-4, Isaiah 37:17, Isaiah 37:23-24, Isaiah 52:5

17All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.

כָּל־זֹאת בָּאַתְנוּ וְלֹא שְׁכַחֲנוּךָ וְלֹאשִׁ־קַּרְנוּ בִּבְרִיתֶךָ׃ (2685)

See also: Psalms 17:3, Daniel 9:13, 1 Chronicles 16:15, Deuteronomy 6:12, Deuteronomy 8:14, Psalms 9:17, 2 Corinthians 1:12, Job 16:17, Psalms 44:20, Psalms 78:7, Psalms 78:37, Psalms 78:57, Psalms 119:157, Isaiah 17:10, Isaiah 26:8, Jeremiah 2:32, Jeremiah 31:32, Ezekiel 16:59, Ezekiel 20:37

18Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;

לֹא־נָסֹוג אָחֹור לִבֵּנוּ וַתֵּט אֲשֻׁרֵינוּ מִנִּי אָרְחֶךָ׃ (1764)

See also: Psalms 17:5, Job 23:11, Proverbs 4:5, Psalms 119:51, Psalms 119:157, Psalms 37:31, Psalms 78:57, Zephaniah 1:6, 1 Kings 15:5, Job 34:27, Psalms 125:5, Jeremiah 11:10, Luke 17:32, 1 Corinthians 15:58, Hebrews 10:39

19Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.

כִּי דִכִּיתָנוּ בִּמְקֹום תַּנִּים וַתְּכַס עָלֵינוּ בְצַלְמָוֶת׃ (2428)

20If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;

אִםשָׁ־כַחְנוּ שֵׁם אֱלֹהֵינוּ וַנִּפְרֹשׂ כַּפֵּינוּ לְאֵל זָר׃ (1937)

21Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

הֲלֹא אֱלֹהִים יַחֲקָר־זֹאת כִּי־הוּא יֹדֵעַ תַּעֲלֻמֹות לֵב׃ (1952)

22Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.

כִּי־עָלֶיךָ הֹרַגְנוּ כָל־הַיֹּום נֶחְשַׁבְנוּ כְּצֹאן טִבְחָה׃ (1136)

23Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.

עוּרָה ׀ לָמָּה תִישַׁן ׀ אֲדֹנָי הָקִיצָה אַל־תִּזְנַח לָנֶצַח׃ (2065)

24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?

לָמָּה־פָנֶיךָ תַסְתִּיר תִּשְׁכַּח עָנְיֵנוּ וְלַחֲצֵנוּ׃ (2409)

See also: Psalms 13:1, Isaiah 45:15, Job 13:24, Psalms 10:1, Lamentations 5:20, Deuteronomy 32:20, Psalms 88:14, Psalms 27:9, Psalms 42:9, Psalms 69:17, Exodus 2:23-24, Psalms 10:11, Psalms 43:1-4, Psalms 74:23, Amos 7:2, Psalms 74:19, Psalms 142:6, Isaiah 40:27-28, Revelation 6:9-10

25For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.

כִּי שָׁחָה לֶעָפָר נַפְשֵׁנוּ דָּבְקָה לָאָרֶץ בִּטְנֵנוּ׃ (1758)

See also: Psalms 119:25, Isaiah 29:4, Psalms 66:11-12, Isaiah 51:23, Lamentations 4:5, Psalms 31:9, Lamentations 3:20

26Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies’ sake.

קוּמָה עֶזְרָתָה לָּנוּ וּפְדֵנוּ לְמַעַן חַסְדֶּךָ׃ (1347)

See also: Psalms 102:13, Psalms 68:1, Psalms 130:7-8, Psalms 25:22, Psalms 9:19, Psalms 17:13, Psalms 26:11, Psalms 35:2, Psalms 7:6, Psalms 82:8, Psalms 74:3