1 We have heard with our ears, O God, Our fathers have told us, What work thou didst in their days, In the days of old. ASV — Psalm 44:1
2 Thou didst drive out the nations with thy hand; But them thou didst plant: Thou didst afflict the peoples; But them thou didst spread abroad. ASV — Psalm 44:2
3 For they gat 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 wast favorable unto them. ASV — Psalm 44:3
4 Thou art my King, O God: Command deliverance for Jacob. ASV — Psalm 44:4
5 Through thee will we push down our adversaries: Through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us. ASV — Psalm 44:5
6 For I will not trust in my bow, Neither shall my sword save me. ASV — Psalm 44:6
7 But thou hast saved us from our adversaries, And hast put them to shame that hate us. ASV — Psalm 44:7
8 In God have we made our boast all the day long, And we will give thanks unto thy name for ever. Selah ASV — Psalm 44:8
9 But now thou hast cast [us] off, and brought us to dishonor, And goest not forth with our hosts. ASV — Psalm 44:9
10 Thou makest us to turn back from the adversary; And they that hate us take spoil for themselves. ASV — Psalm 44:10
11 Thou hast made us like sheep [appointed] for food, And hast scattered us among the nations. ASV — Psalm 44:11
12 Thou sellest thy people for nought, And hast not increased [thy wealth] by their price. ASV — Psalm 44:12
13 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and a derision to them that are round about us. ASV — Psalm 44:13
14 Thou makest us a byword among the nations, A shaking of the head among the peoples. ASV — Psalm 44:14
15 All the day long is my dishonor before me, And the shame of my face hath covered me, ASV — Psalm 44:15
16 For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth, By reason of the enemy and the avenger. ASV — Psalm 44:16
17 All this is come upon us; Yet have we not forgotten thee, Neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant. ASV — Psalm 44:17
18 Our heart is not turned back, Neither have our steps declined from thy way, ASV — Psalm 44:18
19 That thou hast sore broken us in the place of jackals, And covered us with the shadow of death. ASV — Psalm 44:19
20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, Or spread forth our hands to a strange god; ASV — Psalm 44:20
21 Will not God search this out? For he knoweth the secrets of the heart. ASV — Psalm 44:21
22 Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. ASV — Psalm 44:22
23 Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? Arise, cast [us] not off for ever. ASV — Psalm 44:23
24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, And forgettest our affliction and our oppression? ASV — Psalm 44:24
25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust: Our body cleaveth unto the earth. ASV — Psalm 44:25
26 Rise up for our help, And redeem us for thy lovingkindness` sake. Psalm 45 For the Chief Musician; set to Shoshannim. [A Psalm] of the sons of Korah. Maschil. A Song of loves. ASV — Psalm 44:26