Psalm 44

¹O God, with our ears have we heard, our fathers have told us, the work thou wroughtest in their days, in the days of old:

²Thou, by thy hand, didst dispossess the nations, but them thou didst plant; thou didst afflict the peoples, but them didst thou cause to spread out.

³For not by their own sword did they take possession of the land, neither did their own arm save them; but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst delight in them.

⁴Thou thyself art my king, O God: command deliverance for Jacob.

⁵Through thee will we push down our adversaries; through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.

⁶For I will not put confidence in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.

⁷For thou hast saved us from our adversaries, and hast put them to shame that hate us.

⁸In God will we boast all the day, and we will praise thy name for ever. Selah.

⁹But thou hast cast off, and put us to confusion, and dost not go forth with our armies;

¹⁰Thou hast made us to turn back from the adversary, and they that hate us spoil for themselves;

¹¹Thou hast given us over like sheep [appointed] for meat, and hast scattered us among the nations;

¹²Thou hast sold thy people for nought, and hast not increased [thy wealth] by their price;

¹³Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a mockery and a derision for them that are round about us;