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Maschil.<p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext">2</span>O God, we have heard with our ears, our fathers have told us;</div><div class="po2">A work Thou didst in their days, in the days of old.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-2.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Thou with Thy hand didst drive out the nations, and didst plant them in;</div><div class="po2">Thou didst break the peoples, and didst spread them abroad.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-3.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>For not by their own sword did they get the land in possession,</div><div class="po2">Neither did their own arm save them;</div><div class="po2">But Thy right hand, and Thine arm, and the light of Thy countenance,</div><div class="po2">Because Thou wast favourable unto them.</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-4.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Thou art my King, O God;</div><div class="po2">Command the salvation of Jacob.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-5.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Through Thee do we push down our adversaries;</div><div class="po2">Through Thy name do we tread them under that rise up against us.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-6.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>For I trust not in my bow,</div><div class="po2">Neither can my sword save me.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-7.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>But Thou hast saved us from our adversaries,</div><div class="po2">And hast put them to shame that hate us.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-8.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>In God have we gloried all the day,</div><div class="po2">And we will give thanks unto Thy name for ever.<br><div align="right">Selah</div></div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-9.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Yet Thou hast cast off, and brought us to confusion;</div><div class="po2">And goest not forth with our hosts.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-10.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Thou makest us to turn back from the adversary;</div><div class="po2">And they that hate us spoil at their will.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-11.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Thou hast given us like sheep to be eaten;</div><div class="po2">And hast scattered us among the nations.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-12.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Thou sellest Thy people for small gain,</div><div class="po2">And hast not set their prices high.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-13.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Thou makest us a taunt to our neighbours,</div><div class="po2">A scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-14.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Thou makest us a byword among the nations,</div><div class="po2">A shaking of the head among the peoples.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-15.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>All the day is my confusion before me,</div><div class="po2">And the shame of my face hath covered me,</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-16.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>For the voice of him that taunteth and blasphemeth;</div><div class="po2">By reason of the enemy and the revengeful.</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-17.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten Thee,</div><div class="po2">Neither have we been false to Thy covenant.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-18.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Our heart is not turned back,</div><div class="po2">Neither have our steps declined from Thy path;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-19.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Though Thou hast crushed us into a place of jackals,</div><div class="po2">And covered us with the shadow of death.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-20.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>If we had forgotten the name of our God,</div><div class="po2">Or spread forth our hands to a strange god;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-21.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Would not God search this out?</div><div class="po2">For He knoweth the secrets of the heart.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-22.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Nay, but for Thy sake are we killed all the day;</div><div class="po2">We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-23.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Awake, why sleepest Thou, O Lord?</div><div class="po2">Arouse Thyself, cast not off for ever.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-24.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Wherefore hidest Thou Thy face,</div><div class="po2">And forgettest our affliction and our oppression?</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-25.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>For our soul is bowed down to the dust;</div><div class="po2">Our belly cleaveth unto the earth.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/44-26.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Arise for our help,</div><div class="po2">And redeem us for Thy mercy’s sake.</div></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">THE HOLY SCRIPTURES<br>ACCORDING TO THE MASORETIC TEXT<br>A NEW TRANSLATION<p><a href="//www.jps.org/">Jewish Publication Society</a><br>1917<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../psalms/43.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 43"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 43" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../psalms/45.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 45"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 45" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/psalms/44-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /> <table align="center" width="90%" style="max-width:900px"><tr><td> <div id="rcjsload_a957f3"></div> <script type="text/javascript"> (function() { var referer="";try{if(referer=document.referrer,"undefined"==typeof referer||""==referer)throw"undefined"}catch(exception){referer=document.location.href,(""==referer||"undefined"==typeof referer)&&(referer=document.URL)}referer=referer.substr(0,700); 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