Psalms 44

DOUAI-RHEIMS	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Unto the end, for the sons of Core, to give understanding.	1 For the leader. A maskil of the Korahites.
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 O God, we have heard with our own ears; our ancestors have told us The deeds you did in their days, with your own hand in days of old:
3 Thy hand destroyed the Gentiles, and thou plantedst them : thou didst afflict the people and cast them out.	3 You rooted out nations to plant them, crushed peoples to make room for them.
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 Not with their own swords did they conquer the land, nor did their own arms bring victory; It was your right hand, your own arm, the light of your face for you favored them.
5 Thou art thyself my king and my God, who commandest the saving of Jacob.	5 You are my king and my God, who bestows victories on Jacob.
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 Through you we batter our foes; through your name, trample our adversaries.
7 For I will not trust in my bow : neither shall my sword save me.	7 Not in my bow do I trust, nor does my sword bring me victory.
8 But thou hast saved us from them that afflict us : and hast put them to shame that hate us.	8 You have brought us victory over our enemies, shamed those who hate us.
9 In God shall we glory all the day long : and in thy name we will give praise for ever.	9 In God we have boasted all the day long; your name we will praise forever. Selah
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 But now you have rejected and disgraced us; you do not march out with our armies.
11 Thou hast made us turn our back to our enemies : and they that hated us plundered for themselves.	11 You make us retreat before the foe; those who hate us plunder us at will.
12 Thou hast given us up like sheep to be eaten : thou hast scattered us among the nations.	12 You hand us over like sheep to be slaughtered, scatter us among the nations.
13 Thou hast sold thy people for no price : and there was no reckoning in the exchange of them.	13 You sell your people for nothing; you make no profit from their sale.
14 Thou hast made us a reproach to our neighbours, a scoff and derision to them that are round about us.	14 You make us the reproach of our neighbors, the mockery and scorn of those around us.
15 Thou hast made us a byword among the Gentiles : a shaking of the head among the people.	15 You make us a byword among the nations; the peoples shake their heads at us.
16 All the day long my shame is before me : and the confusion of my face hath covered me,	16 All day long my disgrace is before me; shame has covered my face
17 At the voice of him that reproacheth and detracteth me : at the face of the enemy and persecutor.	17 At the sound of those who taunt and revile, at the sight of the spiteful enemy.
18 All these things have come upon us, yet we have not forgotten thee : and we have not done wickedly in they covenant.	18 All this has come upon us, though we have not forgotten you, nor been disloyal to your covenant.
19 And our heart hath not turned back : neither hast thou turned aside our steps from thy way.	19 Our hearts have not turned back, nor have our steps strayed from your path.
20 For thou hast humbled us in the place of affliction : and the shadow of death hath covered us.	20 Yet you have left us crushed, desolate in a place of jackals; you have covered us with darkness.
21 If we have forgotten the name of our God, and if we have spread forth our hands to a strange god :	21 If we had forgotten the name of our God, stretched out our hands to another 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.	22 Would not God have discovered this, God who knows the secrets of the heart?
23 Arise, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, and cast us not off to the end.	23 For you we are slain all the day long, considered only as sheep to be slaughtered.
24 Why turnest thou face away? and forgettest our want and our trouble?	24 Awake! Why do you sleep, O Lord? Rise up! Do not reject us forever!
25 For our soul is humbled down to the dust : our belly cleaveth to the earth.	25 Why do you hide your face; why forget our pain and misery?
26 Arise, O Lord, help us and redeem us for thy name's sake.	26 We are bowed down to the ground; our bodies are pressed to the earth.
	27 Rise up, help us! Redeem us as your love demands.