Psalm 44

¹We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us the work You did in their days, in the days of old.

²With Your hand You drove out the nations and planted our fathers there; You crushed the peoples and cast them out.

³For it was not by their sword that they took the land; their arm did not bring them victory. It was by Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face, because You favored them.

⁴You are my King, O God, who ordains victories for Jacob.

⁵Through You we repel our foes; through Your name we trample our enemies.

⁶For I do not trust in my bow, nor does my sword save me.

⁷For You save us from our enemies; You put those who hate us to shame.

⁸In God we have boasted all day long, and Your name we will praise forever. Selah

⁹But You have rejected and humbled us; You no longer go forth with our armies.

¹⁰You have made us retreat from the foe, and those who hate us have plundered us.

¹¹You have given us up as sheep to be devoured; You have scattered us among the nations.

¹²You sell Your people for nothing; no profit do You gain from their sale.

¹³You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and derision to those around us.

¹⁴You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.