Psalms 44 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 TO THE OVERSEER. AN INSTRUCTION OF THE SONS OF KORAH. O God, we have heard with our ears, || Our fathers have recounted to us, || The work You worked in their days, || In the days of old. O God, we have heard with our ears, our fathers have told us, what deeds you performed in their days, in the days of old: For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A maskil. We have heard it with our ears, O God; our ancestors have told us what you did in their days, in days long ago.
2 You, [with] Your hand, have dispossessed nations. And You plant them. You afflict peoples, and send them away. you with your own hand drove out the nations, but them you planted; you afflicted the peoples, but them you set free; With your hand you drove out the nations and planted our ancestors; you crushed the peoples and made our ancestors flourish.
3 For they did not possess the land by their sword, || And their arm did not give salvation to them, || But Your right hand, and Your arm, || And the light of Your countenance, || Because You had accepted them. for not by their own sword did they win the land, nor did their own arm save them, but your right hand and your arm, and the light of your face, for you delighted in them. It was not by their sword that they won the land, nor did their arm bring them victory; it was your right hand, your arm, and the light of your face, for you loved them.
4 You [are] He, my King, O God, || Command the deliverances of Jacob. You are my King, O God; ordain salvation for Jacob! You are my King and my God, who decrees victories for Jacob.
5 By You we push our adversaries, || By Your Name we tread down our withstanders, Through you we push down our foes; through your name we tread down those who rise up against us. Through you we push back our enemies; through your name we trample our foes.
6 For I do not trust in my bow, || And my sword does not save me. For not in my bow do I trust, nor can my sword save me. I put no trust in my bow, my sword does not bring me victory;
7 For You have saved us from our adversaries, || And You have put to shame those hating us. But you have saved us from our foes and have put to shame those who hate us. but you give us victory over our enemies, you put our adversaries to shame.
8 In God we have boasted all the day, || And we thank Your Name for all time. Selah. In God we have boasted continually, and we will give thanks to your name forever. Selah In God we make our boast all day long, and we will praise your name forever.
9 In anger You have cast off and cause us to blush, || And do not go forth with our hosts. But you have rejected us and disgraced us and have not gone out with our armies. But now you have rejected and humbled us; you no longer go out with our armies.
10 You cause us to turn backward from an adversary, || And those hating us, || Have spoiled for themselves. You have made us turn back from the foe, and those who hate us have gotten spoil. You made us retreat before the enemy, and our adversaries have plundered us.
11 You make us food like sheep, || And You have scattered us among nations. You have made us like sheep for slaughter and have scattered us among the nations. You gave us up to be devoured like sheep and have scattered us among the nations.
12 You sell Your people—without wealth, || And have not become great by their price. You have sold your people for a trifle, demanding no high price for them. You sold your people for a pittance, gaining nothing from their sale.
13 You make us a reproach to our neighbors, || A scorn and a reproach to our surrounders. You have made us the taunt of our neighbors, the derision and scorn of those around us. You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, the scorn and derision of those around us.
14 You make us an allegory among nations, || A shaking of the head among peoples. You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples. You have made us a byword among the nations; the peoples shake their heads at us.
15 All the day my confusion [is] before me, || And the shame of my face has covered me. All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face I live in disgrace all day long, and my face is covered with shame
16 Because of the voice of a reproacher and reviler, || Because of an enemy and a self-avenger. at the sound of the taunter and reviler, at the sight of the enemy and the avenger. at the taunts of those who reproach and revile me, because of the enemy, who is bent on revenge.
17 All this met us, and we did not forget You, || Nor have we dealt falsely in Your covenant. All this has come upon us, though we have not forgotten you, and we have not been false to your covenant. All this came upon us, though we had not forgotten you; we had not been false to your covenant.
18 We do not turn our heart backward, || Nor turn aside our step from Your path. Our heart has not turned back, nor have our steps departed from your way; Our hearts had not turned back; our feet had not strayed from your path.
19 But You have struck us in a place of dragons, || And cover us over with death-shade. yet you have broken us in the place of jackals and covered us with the shadow of death. But you crushed us and made us a haunt for jackals; you covered us over with deep darkness.
20 If we have forgotten the Name of our God, || And spread our hands to a strange God, If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god, If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,
21 Does God not search this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart. would not God discover this? For he knows the secrets of the heart. would not God have discovered it, since he knows the secrets of the heart?
22 Surely, for Your sake we have been slain all the day, || Reckoned as sheep of the slaughter. Yet for your sake we are killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered. Yet for your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.
23 Stir up—why do You sleep, O Lord? Awake, do not cast us off forever. Awake! Why are you sleeping, O Lord? Rouse yourself! Do not reject us forever! Awake, Lord! Why do you sleep? Rouse yourself! Do not reject us forever.
24 Why do You hide Your face? You forget our afflictions and our oppression, Why do you hide your face? Why do you forget our affliction and oppression? Why do you hide your face and forget our misery and oppression?
25 For our soul has bowed to the dust, || Our belly has cleaved to the earth. For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our belly clings to the ground. We are brought down to the dust; our bodies cling to the ground.
26 Arise, a help to us, || And ransom us for your kindness’ sake. Rise up; come to our help! Redeem us for the sake of your steadfast love! Rise up and help us; rescue us because of your unfailing love.
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