Psalm 44:1-16

Complete Jewish Bible

44 ⁽⁰⁾For the leader. By the descendants of Korach. A maskil:

²⁽¹⁾God, we heard it with our ears;
our fathers told us about it —
a deed which you did in their days,
back in days of old.
³⁽²⁾With your hand you drove out nations
to plant them in [the land],
you crushed peoples
to make room for them.

⁴⁽³⁾For not by their own swords
did they conquer the land,
nor did their own arm
give them victory;
rather, it was your right hand,
your arm and the light of your face;
because you favored them.
⁵⁽⁴⁾God, you are my king;
command complete victory for Ya‘akov.

⁶⁽⁵⁾Through you we pushed away our foes,
through your name we trampled down our assailants.
⁷⁽⁶⁾For I don’t rely on my bow,
nor can my sword give me victory.
⁸⁽⁷⁾No, you saved us from our adversaries;
you put to shame those who hate us.
⁹⁽⁸⁾We will boast in our God all day
and give thanks to your name forever. (Selah)

¹⁰⁽⁹⁾Yet now you have thrust us aside and disgraced us;
you don’t march out with our armies.
¹¹⁽¹⁰⁾You make us retreat from the adversary,
and those who hate us plunder us at will.
¹²⁽¹¹⁾You have handed us over like sheep to be eaten
and scattered us among the nations.
¹³⁽¹²⁾You sell your people for a pittance,
you don’t even profit on the sale.
¹⁴⁽¹³⁾You make us an object for our neighbors to mock,
one of scorn and derision to those around us.
¹⁵⁽¹⁴⁾You make us a byword among the nations;
the peoples jeer at us, shaking their heads.