Salmos 44
Dios Habla Hoy
Oración pidiendo la ayuda de Dios
(1) Del maestro de coro. Poema de los hijos de Coré.
44 (2) Oh Dios,
hemos oído con nuestros oídos,
y nuestros padres nos han contado
lo que tú hiciste en sus días,
en aquellos tiempos pasados:
2 (3) con tu propia mano
echaste fuera a los paganos,
castigaste a las naciones
y estableciste allí a nuestros padres.
3 (4) Pues no fue su brazo ni su espada
lo que les dio la victoria;
ellos no conquistaron la tierra.
¡Fue tu poder y tu fuerza!
¡Fue el resplandor de tu presencia,
porque tú los amabas!
4 (5) ¡Mi Rey! ¡Mi Dios!
Tú diste las victorias a tu pueblo;
5 (6) por ti vencimos a nuestros enemigos;
¡en tu nombre aplastamos a los que nos atacaban!
6 (7) Porque no confiaría yo en mi arco,
ni mi espada podría darme la victoria;
7 (8) fuiste tú quien nos hizo vencer a nuestros enemigos,
quien puso en ridículo a los que nos odiaban.
8 (9) ¡Siempre estaremos orgullosos de ti, oh Dios,
y siempre alabaremos tu nombre!
9 (10) Pero nos has rechazado;
nos has cubierto de vergüenza.
Ya no sales con nuestros ejércitos.
10 (11) Nos has hecho dar la espalda a nuestros enemigos;
los que nos odian nos roban
y se llevan lo que quieren.
11 (12) Nos has entregado
cual si fuéramos ovejas para el matadero;
nos has dispersado entre los paganos;
12 (13) has vendido a tu pueblo muy barato,
y nada has ganado con venderlo.
13 (14) Nos has convertido en objeto de insultos;
nuestros vecinos nos ofenden y ridiculizan.
14 (15) Has hecho que los paganos se burlen de nosotros;
al vernos, mueven burlones la cabeza.
15 (16) No hay momento en que no me vea humillado;
se me cae la cara de vergüenza
16 (17) por culpa del enemigo, que trata de vengarse
y que me ofende y ultraja.
17 (18) Esto que nos ha pasado
no fue por haberte olvidado.
¡No hemos faltado a tu alianza!
18 (19) No hemos pensado abandonarte
ni hemos dejado tus caminos.
19 (20) Sin embargo, tú nos has aplastado
en lugares de miseria.
¡Nos has cubierto de terrible oscuridad!
20 (21) Si te hubiéramos olvidado, oh Dios,
y adorado en tu lugar a un dios extraño,
21 (22) tú te habrías dado cuenta,
pues conoces los más íntimos secretos.
22 (23) Pero por causa tuya estamos siempre
expuestos a la muerte;
nos tratan como a ovejas para el matadero.
23 (24) ¿Por qué duermes, Señor?
¡Despierta, despierta!
¡No nos rechaces para siempre!
24 (25) ¿Por qué te escondes?
¿Por qué te olvidas de nosotros,
que sufrimos tanto, tanto?
25 (26) Estamos rendidos y humillados,
arrastrando nuestros cuerpos por el suelo.
26 (27) ¡Levántate,
ven a ayudarnos
y sálvanos por tu gran amor!
Psalm 44
New King James Version
Redemption Remembered in Present Dishonor
To the Chief Musician. A (A)Contemplation[a] of the sons of Korah.
44 We have heard with our ears, O God,
(B)Our fathers have told us,
The deeds You did in their days,
In days of old:
2 (C)You drove out the [b]nations with Your hand,
But them You planted;
You afflicted the peoples, and cast them out.
3 For (D)they did not gain possession of the land by their own sword,
Nor did their own arm save them;
But it was Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your countenance,
(E)Because You favored them.
4 (F)You are my King, [c]O God;
[d]Command victories for Jacob.
5 Through You (G)we will push down our enemies;
Through Your name we will trample those who rise up against us.
6 For (H)I will not trust in my bow,
Nor shall my sword save me.
7 But You have saved us from our enemies,
And have put to shame those who hated us.
8 (I)In God we boast all day long,
And praise Your name forever. Selah
9 But (J)You have cast us off and put us to shame,
And You do not go out with our armies.
10 You make us (K)turn back from the enemy,
And those who hate us have taken [e]spoil for themselves.
11 (L)You have given us up like sheep intended for food,
And have (M)scattered us among the nations.
12 (N)You sell Your people for next to nothing,
And are not enriched by selling them.
13 (O)You make us a reproach to our neighbors,
A scorn and a derision to those all around us.
14 (P)You make us a byword among the nations,
(Q)A shaking of the head among the peoples.
15 My dishonor is continually before me,
And the shame of my face has covered me,
16 Because of the voice of him who reproaches and reviles,
(R)Because of the enemy and the avenger.
17 (S)All this has come upon us;
But we have not forgotten You,
Nor have we dealt falsely with Your covenant.
18 Our heart has not turned back,
(T)Nor have our steps departed from Your way;
19 But You have severely broken us in (U)the place of jackals,
And covered us (V)with the shadow of death.
20 If we had forgotten the name of our God,
Or (W)stretched[f] out our hands to a foreign god,
21 (X)Would not God search this out?
For He knows the secrets of the heart.
22 (Y)Yet for Your sake we are killed all day long;
We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
23 (Z)Awake! Why do You sleep, O Lord?
Arise! Do not cast us off forever.
24 (AA)Why do You hide Your face,
And forget our affliction and our oppression?
25 For (AB)our soul is bowed down to the [g]dust;
Our body clings to the ground.
26 Arise for our help,
And redeem us for Your mercies’ sake.
Footnotes
- Psalm 44:1 Heb. Maschil
- Psalm 44:2 Gentiles, heathen
- Psalm 44:4 So with MT, Tg.; LXX, Vg. and my God
- Psalm 44:4 So with MT, Tg.; LXX, Syr., Vg. Who commands
- Psalm 44:10 plunder
- Psalm 44:20 Worshiped
- Psalm 44:25 Ground, in humiliation
Psalm 44
English Standard Version
Come to Our Help
To the choirmaster. (A)A Maskil[a] of the Sons of Korah.
44 O God, we have heard with our ears,
(B)our fathers have told us,
what deeds you performed in their days,
(C)in the days of old:
2 you with your own hand (D)drove out the nations,
but (E)them you planted;
you afflicted the peoples,
but (F)them you set free;
3 for not (G)by their own sword did they win the land,
nor did their own arm save them,
but your right hand and your arm,
and (H)the light of your face,
(I)for you delighted in them.
4 (J)You are my King, O God;
(K)ordain salvation for Jacob!
5 Through you we (L)push down our foes;
through your name we (M)tread down those who rise up against us.
6 For not in (N)my bow do I trust,
nor can my sword save me.
7 But you have saved us from our foes
and have (O)put to shame those who hate us.
8 (P)In God we have boasted continually,
and we will give thanks to your name forever. Selah
9 But you have (Q)rejected us and disgraced us
and (R)have not gone out with our armies.
10 You have made us (S)turn back from the foe,
and those who hate us have gotten spoil.
11 You have made us like (T)sheep for slaughter
and have (U)scattered us among the nations.
12 (V)You have sold your people for a trifle,
demanding no high price for them.
13 You have made us (W)the taunt of our neighbors,
the derision and (X)scorn of those around us.
14 You have made us (Y)a byword among the nations,
(Z)a laughingstock[b] among the peoples.
15 All day long my disgrace is before me,
and (AA)shame has covered my face
16 at the sound of the taunter and reviler,
at the sight of (AB)the enemy and the avenger.
17 (AC)All this has come upon us,
though we have not forgotten you,
and we have not been false to your covenant.
18 Our heart has not turned back,
nor have our (AD)steps (AE)departed from your way;
19 yet you have (AF)broken us in the place of (AG)jackals
and covered us with (AH)the shadow of death.
20 If we had forgotten the name of our God
or (AI)spread out our hands to (AJ)a foreign god,
21 (AK)would not God discover this?
(AL)For he knows the secrets of the heart.
22 Yet (AM)for your sake we are killed all the day long;
we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.
23 (AN)Awake! Why are you sleeping, O Lord?
Rouse yourself! (AO)Do not reject us forever!
24 Why (AP)do you hide your face?
Why do you forget our affliction and oppression?
25 For our (AQ)soul is bowed down to the dust;
our belly clings to the ground.
26 Rise up; (AR)come to our help!
(AS)Redeem us for the sake of your steadfast love!
Footnotes
- Psalm 44:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
- Psalm 44:14 Hebrew a shaking of the head
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