Psalm 44

¹Unto the end, for the sons of Core, to give understanding.

²We have heard, O God, with our ears: our fathers have declared to us, The work, thou hast wrought in their days, and in the days of old.

³Thy hand destroyed the Gentiles, and thou plantedst them: thou didst afflict the people and cast them out.

⁴For they got not the possession of the land by their own sword: neither did their own arm save them. But thy right hand and thy arm, and the light of thy countenance: because thou wast pleased with them.

⁵Thou art thyself my king and my God, who commandest the saving of Jacob.

⁶Through thee we will push down our enemies with the horn: and through thy name we will despise them that rise up against us.

⁷For I will not trust in my bow: neither shall my sword save me.

⁸But thou hast saved us from them that afflict us: and hast put them to shame that hate us.

⁹In God shall we glory all the day long: and in thy name we will give praise for ever.

¹⁰But now thou hast cast us off, and put us to shame: and thou, O God, wilt not go out with our armies.

¹¹Thou hast made us turn our back to our enemies: and they that hated us plundered for themselves.

¹²Thou hast given us up like sheep to be eaten: thou hast scattered us among the nations.

¹³Thou hast sold thy people for no price: and there was no reckoning in the exchange of them.