Psalms 44

DOUAI-RHEIMS	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Unto the end, for the sons of Core, to give understanding.	1 Unto the end. For those who will be changed. To the sons of Korah, toward understanding. A Canticle for the Beloved.
2 We have heard, O God, with our ears : our fathers have declared to us, The work, thou hast wrought in their days, and in the days of old.	2 My heart has uttered a good word. I speak of my works to the king. My tongue is like the pen of a scribe who writes quickly.
3 Thy hand destroyed the Gentiles, and thou plantedst them : thou didst afflict the people and cast them out.	3 You are a brilliant form before the sons of men. Grace has been poured freely into your lips. Because of this, God has blessed you in eternity.
4 For they got not the possession of the land by their own sword : neither did their own arm save them. But thy right hand and thy arm, and the light of thy countenance : because thou wast pleased with them.	4 Fasten your sword to your thigh, O most powerful one.
5 Thou art thyself my king and my God, who commandest the saving of Jacob.	5 With your splendor and your excellence extended, proceed prosperously, and reign for the sake of truth and meekness and justice, and so will your right hand lead you wondrously.
6 Through thee we will push down our enemies with the horn : and through thy name we will despise them that rise up against us.	6 Your arrows are sharp; the people will fall under you, with the hearts of the enemies of the king.
7 For I will not trust in my bow : neither shall my sword save me.	7 Your throne, O God, is forever and ever. The scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of true aim.
8 But thou hast saved us from them that afflict us : and hast put them to shame that hate us.	8 You have loved justice and hated iniquity. Because of this, God, your God, has anointed you, before your co-heirs, with the oil of gladness.
9 In God shall we glory all the day long : and in thy name we will give praise for ever.	9 Myrrh and balsam and cinnamon perfume your garments, from the houses of ivory. From these, they have delighted you:
10 But now thou hast cast us off, and put us to shame : and thou, O God, wilt not go out with our armies.	10 the daughters of kings in your honor. The queen assisted at your right hand, in clothing of gold, encircled with diversity.
11 Thou hast made us turn our back to our enemies : and they that hated us plundered for themselves.	11 Listen, daughter, and see, and incline your ear. And forget your people and your father’s house.
12 Thou hast given us up like sheep to be eaten : thou hast scattered us among the nations.	12 And the king will desire your beauty. For he is the Lord your God, and they will adore him.
13 Thou hast sold thy people for no price : and there was no reckoning in the exchange of them.	13 And the daughters of Tyre will entreat your countenance with gifts: all the rich men of the people.
14 Thou hast made us a reproach to our neighbours, a scoff and derision to them that are round about us.	14 All the glory of the daughter of its king is inside, in golden fringes,
15 Thou hast made us a byword among the Gentiles : a shaking of the head among the people.	15 clothed all around with diversities. After her, virgins will be led to the king. Her neighbors will be brought to you.
16 All the day long my shame is before me : and the confusion of my face hath covered me,	16 They will be brought with gladness and exultation. They will be led into the temple of the king.
17 At the voice of him that reproacheth and detracteth me : at the face of the enemy and persecutor.	17 For your fathers, sons have been born to you. You will establish them as leaders over all the earth.
18 All these things have come upon us, yet we have not forgotten thee : and we have not done wickedly in they covenant.	18 They will remember your name always, for generation after generation. Because of this, people will confess to you in eternity, even forever and ever.
19 And our heart hath not turned back : neither hast thou turned aside our steps from thy way.
20 For thou hast humbled us in the place of affliction : and the shadow of death hath covered us.
21 If we have forgotten the name of our God, and if we have spread forth our hands to a strange god :
22 Shall not God search out these things : for he knoweth the secrets of the heart. Because for thy sake we are killed all the day long : we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
23 Arise, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, and cast us not off to the end.
24 Why turnest thou face away? and forgettest our want and our trouble?
25 For our soul is humbled down to the dust : our belly cleaveth to the earth.
26 Arise, O Lord, help us and redeem us for thy name's sake.