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Psalm 44
New International Version
Psalm 44
New International Version
Psalm 44[a]
For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A maskil.[b]
1 We have heard it with our ears,(A) O God;
our ancestors have told us(B)
what you did in their days,
in days long ago.(C)
2 With your hand you drove out(D) the nations
and planted(E) our ancestors;
you crushed(F) the peoples
and made our ancestors flourish.(G)
3 It was not by their sword(H) that they won the land,
nor did their arm bring them victory;
it was your right hand,(I) your arm,(J)
and the light(K) of your face, for you loved(L) them.
4 You are my King(M) and my God,(N)
who decrees[c] victories(O) for Jacob.
5 Through you we push back(P) our enemies;
through your name we trample(Q) our foes.
6 I put no trust in my bow,(R)
my sword does not bring me victory;
7 but you give us victory(S) over our enemies,
you put our adversaries to shame.(T)
8 In God we make our boast(U) all day long,(V)
and we will praise your name forever.[d](W)
9 But now you have rejected(X) and humbled us;(Y)
you no longer go out with our armies.(Z)
10 You made us retreat(AA) before the enemy,
and our adversaries have plundered(AB) us.
11 You gave us up to be devoured like sheep(AC)
and have scattered us among the nations.(AD)
12 You sold your people for a pittance,(AE)
gaining nothing from their sale.
13 You have made us a reproach(AF) to our neighbors,(AG)
the scorn(AH) and derision(AI) of those around us.
14 You have made us a byword(AJ) among the nations;
the peoples shake their heads(AK) at us.
15 I live in disgrace(AL) all day long,
and my face is covered with shame(AM)
16 at the taunts(AN) of those who reproach and revile(AO) me,
because of the enemy, who is bent on revenge.(AP)
17 All this came upon us,
though we had not forgotten(AQ) you;
we had not been false to your covenant.
18 Our hearts had not turned(AR) back;
our feet had not strayed from your path.
19 But you crushed(AS) us and made us a haunt for jackals;(AT)
you covered us over with deep darkness.(AU)
20 If we had forgotten(AV) the name of our God
or spread out our hands to a foreign god,(AW)
21 would not God have discovered it,
since he knows the secrets of the heart?(AX)
22 Yet for your sake we face death all day long;
we are considered as sheep(AY) to be slaughtered.(AZ)
Footnotes
- Psalm 44:1 In Hebrew texts 44:1-26 is numbered 44:2-27.
- Psalm 44:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
- Psalm 44:4 Septuagint, Aquila and Syriac; Hebrew King, O God; / command
- Psalm 44:8 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.
Psalme 44
Reimer 2001
Psalme 44
Reimer 2001
Dee 44 Psalm
To dän Haupt Musikaunt fa dee Korah Säns. En Nodenkje.
1 Wie ha jeheat met onnse Uare, O Gott, onnse Fodasch ha onns fetalt fonn daut Woakj daut du enn äare Doag deetst, enn dee Freajoasche Tiede.
2 Du deetst Natsjoone rut driewe met diene Haunt, un deetst dee plaunte. Du deetst dee Mensche betriebe un deetst dän rut driewe.
3 Dan dee deede daut Launt nijch oawe derjch äa eajnet Schweat, un äa eajne Oarm deed an nijch rade; oba daut wea diene rajchte Haunt un dien Oarm un daut Lijcht fonn dien Jesejcht – dan du hautst en Jefaule enn an.
4 Du best dee, mien Kjeenijch, O Gott; doo Radunk aunkommendeare fa Joakopp.
5 Derjch die woa wie onnse Fiend dol schuwe, derjch dien Nome woa wie dän dol traumple dee jäajen onns oppstone.
6 Dan ekj woa nijch enn mien Boage fetruehe, un mien Schweat woat mie nijch rade.
7 Oba du hast onns fonn onnse Fiend jerat, un hast dän to schaunde jemoakt dee onns hausste.
8 Wie doone Gott daen Dachäwa lowe, un doone dien Nome fa emma preise. Selah
9 Oba du hast onns wajch jeschmäte un onns to schaunde jemoakt; un du jeist nijch rut met diene Armeeha.
10 Du hast onns jemoakt fonn dän Fient wajch rane; un see, dee onns hausse doone onns plindre fa sikj selfst.
11 Du hast onns henjejäft soo aus Schop fa Äte, un hast onns festreit mank dee Natsjoone.
12 Du hast dien Folkj fekoft fa nuscht. Un du hast äa Pries nijch hejcha jestalt.
13 Du hast onns en Fluch jemoakt to onnse Nobasch, en Fe-achte un en Spott to dän dee runnt omm onns sent.
14 Du moakst onns soo aus en Sprejchwuat mank dee Natsjoone, en Koppscheddre mank dee Felkja.
15 Miene Schaund es fer mie dän Dach äwa, jo, dee Schaund fonn mien Jesejcht bedakjt mie;
16 wäajen däm siene Stem die mie schlajchtet noräde deit, un dee Spatta fer dän Fient un däm dee Rach eewe deit.
17 Dit es aules opp onns jekome, oba wie ha die nijch fejäte, un ha uk nijch faulsch jehaundelt met dien Bunnt.
18 Wie sent nijch trigjaun jegone met onnse Hoate, un wie sent uk nijch tosied jedreit fonn dien Wajch,
19 Wan du onns uk fekjneddat hast enn dee wile Tiare äare Städ, un hast onns bedakjt met dän Doodes Schaute.
20 Wan wie dän Nome fonn onns Gott fejäte ha, un ha onnse Henj utjestrakjt no en framda Gott,
21 sull Gott daut nijch utseakje? Dan hee weet daut Jeheemet fonn daut Hoat.
22 Jo, omm dienet haulwe sent wie dän dachäwa to dän Doot äwejäft; wie sent soo aunjseene aus Schop tom schlachte.
23 Wakj opp! Wuaromm deist du schlope, O Herr? Sto opp! doo onns nijch fa emma auntsied schmiete.
24 Wuaromm deist du dien Jesejcht festäakje, un deist onns Älend un Noot fejäte?
25 Dan onnse Seel es raufjebrocht bott daut Stoff. Onns Buk blift faust oppe Ead.
26 Sto opp fa onnse Help un doo onns rade, omm diene Leeftolijchkjeit haulwe.
Psalm 44
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
Psalm 44
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
Psalm 44
National Lament and Prayer for Help
To the leader. Of the Korahites. A Maskil.
1 We have heard with our ears, O God,
our ancestors have told us,
what deeds you performed in their days,
in the days of old:
2 you with your own hand drove out the nations,
but them you planted;
you afflicted the peoples,
but them you set free;
3 for not by their own sword did they win the land,
nor did their own arm give them victory;
but your right hand, and your arm,
and the light of your countenance,
for you delighted in them.
4 You are my King and my God;
you command[a] victories for Jacob.
5 Through you we push down our foes;
through your name we tread down our assailants.
6 For not in my bow do I trust,
nor can my sword save me.
7 But you have saved us from our foes,
and have put to confusion those who hate us.
8 In God we have boasted continually,
and we will give thanks to your name for ever.Selah
9 Yet you have rejected us and abased us,
and have not gone out with our armies.
10 You made us turn back from the foe,
and our enemies have taken spoil for themselves.
11 You have made us like sheep for slaughter,
and have scattered us among the nations.
12 You have sold your people for a trifle,
demanding no high price for them.
13 You have made us the taunt of our neighbours,
the derision and scorn of those around us.
14 You have made us a byword among the nations,
a laughing-stock[b] among the peoples.
15 All day long my disgrace is before me,
and shame has covered my face
16 at the words of the taunters and revilers,
at the sight of the enemy and the avenger.
17 All this has come upon us,
yet we have not forgotten you,
or been false to your covenant.
18 Our heart has not turned back,
nor have our steps departed from your way,
19 yet you have broken us in the haunt of jackals,
and covered us with deep darkness.
20 If we had forgotten the name of our God,
or spread out our hands to a strange god,
21 would not God discover this?
For he knows the secrets of the heart.
22 Because of you we are being killed all day long,
and accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
23 Rouse yourself! Why do you sleep, O Lord?
Awake, do not cast us off for ever!
24 Why do you hide your face?
Why do you forget our affliction and oppression?
25 For we sink down to the dust;
our bodies cling to the ground.
26 Rise up, come to our help.
Redeem us for the sake of your steadfast love.
Footnotes
- Psalm 44:4 Gk Syr: Heb You are my King, O God; command
- Psalm 44:14 Heb a shaking of the head
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