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