# Psalm 44 [[Ps-43|← Psalm 43]] | [[Psalm]] | [[Ps-45|Psalm 45 →]] *** ###### v1 We have heard with our ears, God; our fathers have told us what work you did in their days, in the days of old. ###### v2 You drove out the nations with your hand, but you planted them. You afflicted the peoples, but you spread them abroad. ###### v3 For they didn't get the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them; but your right hand, your arm, and the light of your face, because you were favorable to them. ###### v4 God, you are my King. Command victories for Jacob! ###### v5 Through you, we will push down our adversaries. Through your name, we will tread down those who rise up against us. ###### v6 For I will not trust in my bow, neither will my sword save me. ###### v7 But you have saved us from our adversaries, and have shamed those who hate us. ###### v8 In God we have made our boast all day long. We will give thanks to your name forever. Selah. ###### v9 But now you rejected us, and brought us to dishonor, and don't go out with our armies. ###### v10 You make us turn back from the adversary. Those who hate us take plunder for themselves. ###### v11 You have made us like sheep for food, and have scattered us among the nations. ###### v12 You sell your people for nothing, and have gained nothing from their sale. ###### v13 You make us a reproach to our neighbors, a scoffing and a derision to those who are around us. ###### v14 You make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples. ###### v15 All day long my dishonor is before me, and shame covers my face, ###### v16 at the taunt of one who reproaches and verbally abuses, because of the enemy and the avenger. ###### v17 All this has come on us, yet we haven't forgotten you. We haven't been false to your covenant. ###### v18 Our heart has not turned back, neither have our steps strayed from your path, ###### v19 though you have crushed us in the haunt of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death. ###### v20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, or spread out our hands to a strange god, ###### v21 won't God search this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart. ###### v22 Yes, for your sake we are killed all day long. We are regarded as sheep for the slaughter. ###### v23 Wake up! Why do you sleep, Lord? Arise! Don't reject us forever. ###### v24 Why do you hide your face, and forget our affliction and our oppression? ###### v25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust. Our body clings to the earth. ###### v26 Rise up to help us. Redeem us for your loving kindness' sake. *** [[Ps-43|← Psalm 43]] | [[Psalm]] | [[Ps-45|Psalm 45 →]]