Verse 1
Psalms 44:1
New King James Version
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We have heard with our ears, O God (Elohim), our fathers have told us,
what
work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.
Original Language Text
hebrew
לַ/מְנַצֵּ֬חַ לִ/בְנֵי קֹ֬רַח מַשְׂכִּֽיל
English Translation
For the conductor: a contemplative song of the sons of Korah.
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Chapter 44 Context
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We have heard with our ears, O God (Elohim), our fathers have told us,
what
work thou didst in thei...
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How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them;
how thou didst afflict the p...
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For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but...
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4
Thou art my King, O God (Elohim): command deliverances for Jacob.
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Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up a...
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For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
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But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.
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8
In God (Elohim) we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah.
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9
But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.
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10
Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.
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11
Thou hast given us like sheep
appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen.
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12
Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase
thy wealth by their price.
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13
Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
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14
Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
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15
My confusion
is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
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16
For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger.
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17
All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy coven...
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Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;
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19
Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.
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20
If we have forgotten the name of our God (Elohim), or stretched out our hands to a strange god;
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21
Shall not God (Elohim) search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
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22
Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
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23
Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast
us not off for ever.
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24
Wherefore hidest thou thy face,
and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
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25
For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
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26
Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies’ sake.
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