44:1  For the Chief Musician. By the sons of Korah. A contemplative psalm. We have heard with our ears, God; Our fathers have told us, What work you did in their days, In the days of old.

44:2  You drove out the nations with your hand, But you planted them. You afflicted the peoples, But you spread them abroad.

44:3  For they didn't get the land in possession by their own sword, Neither did their own arm save them; But your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your face, Because you were favorable to them.

44:4  You are my King, God. Command victories for Jacob!

44:5  Through you, will we push down our adversaries. Through your name, will we tread them under who rise up against us.

44:6  For I will not trust in my bow, Neither shall my sword save me.

44:7  But you have saved us from our adversaries, And have shamed those who hate us.

44:8  In God we have made our boast all day long, We will give thanks to your name forever. Selah.

44:9  But now you rejected us, and brought us to dishonor, And don't go out with our armies.

44:10  You make us turn back from the adversary. Those who hate us take spoil for themselves.

44:11  You have made us like sheep for food, And have scattered us among the nations.

44:12  You sell your people for nothing, And have gained nothing from their sale.

44:13  You make us a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and a derision to those who are around us.

44:14  You make us a byword among the nations, A shaking of the head among the peoples.

44:15  All day long my dishonor is before me, And shame covers my face,

44:16  At the taunt of one who reproaches and verbally abuses, Because of the enemy and the avenger.

44:17  All this has come on us, Yet have we not forgotten you, Neither have we been false to your covenant.

44:18  Our heart has not turned back, Neither have our steps strayed from your path,

44:19  Though you have crushed us in the haunt of jackals, And covered us with the shadow of death.

44:20  If we have forgotten the name of our God, Or spread forth our hands to a strange god;

44:21  Won't God search this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart.

44:22  Yes, for your sake we are killed all day long. We are regarded as sheep for the slaughter.

44:23  Wake up! Why do you sleep, Lord? Arise! Don't reject us forever.

44:24  Why do you hide your face, And forget our affliction and our oppression?

44:25  For our soul is bowed down to the dust. Our body cleaves to the earth.

44:26  Rise up to help us. Redeem us for your loving kindness' sake.