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Of the Sons of Korah. A <span class="emphasis">maskil.</span> <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Title: Probably a literary or musical term">b</a></sup></span> </p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/44-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>We have heard it with our ears, O God;</p><p class="line2">our ancestors have told us</p><p class="line1">what you did in their days,</p><p class="line2">in days long ago.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/44-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>With your hand you drove out the nations</p><p class="line2">and planted our ancestors;</p><p class="line1">you crushed the peoples</p><p class="line2">and made our ancestors flourish.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/44-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>It was not by their sword that they won the land,</p><p class="line2">nor did their arm bring them victory;</p><p class="line1">it was your right hand, your arm,</p><p class="line2">and the light of your face, for you loved them.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/44-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>You are my King and my God,</p><p class="line2">who decrees <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Septuagint, Aquila and Syriac; Hebrew King, O God; command">c</a></sup></span> victories for Jacob.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/44-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Through you we push back our enemies;</p><p class="line2">through your name we trample our foes.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/44-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>I put no trust in my bow,</p><p class="line2">my sword does not bring me victory;</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/44-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>but you give us victory over our enemies,</p><p class="line2">you put our adversaries to shame.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/44-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>In God we make our boast all day long,</p><p class="line2">and we will praise your name forever. <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.">d</a></sup></span> </p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/44-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>But now you have rejected and humbled us;</p><p class="line2">you no longer go out with our armies.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/44-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>You made us retreat before the enemy,</p><p class="line2">and our adversaries have plundered us.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/44-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>You gave us up to be devoured like sheep</p><p class="line2">and have scattered us among the nations.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/44-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>You sold your people for a pittance,</p><p class="line2">gaining nothing from their sale.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/44-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>You have made us a reproach to our neighbors,</p><p class="line2">the scorn and derision of those around us.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/44-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>You have made us a byword among the nations;</p><p class="line2">the peoples shake their heads at us.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/44-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>I live in disgrace all day long,</p><p class="line2">and my face is covered with shame</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/44-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>at the taunts of those who reproach and revile me,</p><p class="line2">because of the enemy, who is bent on revenge.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/44-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>All this came upon us,</p><p class="line2">though we had not forgotten you;</p><p class="line2">we had not been false to your covenant.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/44-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Our hearts had not turned back;</p><p class="line2">our feet had not strayed from your path.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/44-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>But you crushed us and made us a haunt for jackals;</p><p class="line2">you covered us over with deep darkness.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/44-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>If we had forgotten the name of our God</p><p class="line2">or spread out our hands to a foreign god,</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/44-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>would not God have discovered it,</p><p class="line2">since he knows the secrets of the heart?</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/44-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Yet for your sake we face death all day long;</p><p class="line2">we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/44-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Awake, Lord! Why do you sleep?</p><p class="line2">Rouse yourself! Do not reject us forever.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/44-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Why do you hide your face</p><p class="line2">and forget our misery and oppression?</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/44-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>We are brought down to the dust;</p><p class="line2">our bodies cling to the ground.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/44-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Rise up and help us;</p><p class="line2">rescue us because of your unfailing love.</p></div><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotebot">In Hebrew texts 44:1-26 is numbered 44:2-27.</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotebot">Title: Probably a literary or musical term</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">4</span> <span class="footnotebot">Septuagint, Aquila and Syriac; Hebrew <i>King, O God;<br />     command</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">d</span> <span class="fnverse">8</span> <span class="footnotebot">The Hebrew has <i>Selah</i> (a word of uncertain meaning) here.</span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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