Psalms 44:9-26
New American Standard Bible
Chapter 44
9Yet You have rejected us and brought us to dishonor, And do not go out with our armies. 10You cause us to turn back from the enemy; And those who hate us have taken spoils for themselves. 11You turn us over to be eaten like sheep, And have scattered us among the nations. 12You sell Your people cheaply, And have not profited by their sale. 13You make us an object of reproach to our neighbors, Of scoffing and ridicule to those around us. 14You make us a proverb among the nations, A laughingstock among the peoples. 15All day long my dishonor is before me And I am covered with my humiliation, 16Because of the voice of one who taunts and reviles, Because of the presence of the enemy and the avenger. 17All this has come upon us, but we have not forgotten You, And we have not dealt falsely with Your covenant. 18Our heart has not turned back, And our steps have not deviated from Your way, 19Yet You have crushed us in a place of jackals And covered us with deep darkness. 20If we had forgotten the name of our God Or extended our hands to a strange god, 21Would God not find this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart. 22But for Your sake we are killed all day long; We are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered. 23Wake Yourself up, why do You sleep, Lord? Awake, do not reject us forever. 24Why do You hide Your face And forget our affliction and oppression? 25For our souls have sunk down into the dust; Our bodies cling to the earth. 26Rise up, be our help, And redeem us because of Your mercy.King James Version
Christian Standard Bible
Chapter 44
9But you have rejected and humiliated us; you do not march out with our armies. 10You make us retreat from the foe, and those who hate us have taken plunder for themselves. 11You hand us over to be eaten like sheep and scatter us among the nations. 12You sell your people for nothing; you make no profit from selling them. 13You make us an object of reproach to our neighbors, a source of mockery and ridicule to those around us. 14You make us a joke among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples. 15My disgrace is before me all day long, and shame has covered my face,
16because of the taunts of the scorner and reviler, because of the enemy and avenger.
17All this has happened to us, but we have not forgotten you or betrayed your covenant.
18Our hearts have not turned back; our steps have not strayed from your path.
19But you have crushed us in a haunt of jackals and have covered us with deepest darkness.
20If we had forgotten the name of our God and spread out our hands to a foreign god,
21wouldn’t God have found this out, since he knows the secrets of the heart?
22Because of you we are being put to death all day long; we are counted as sheep to be slaughtered.
23Wake up, Lord! Why are you sleeping? Get up! Don’t reject us forever!
24Why do you hide and forget our affliction and oppression?
25For we have sunk down to the dust; our bodies cling to the ground.
26Rise up! Help us! Redeem us because of your faithful love.
New Living Translation
Chapter 44
9But now you have tossed us aside in dishonor. You no longer lead our armies to battle. 10You make us retreat from our enemies and allow those who hate us to plunder our land. 11You have butchered us like sheep and scattered us among the nations. 12You sold your precious people for a pittance, making nothing on the sale. 13You let our neighbors mock us. We are an object of scorn and derision to those around us. 14You have made us the butt of their jokes; they shake their heads at us in scorn. 15We can’t escape the constant humiliation; shame is written across our faces. 16All we hear are the taunts of our mockers. All we see are our vengeful enemies.
17All this has happened though we have not forgotten you. We have not violated your covenant.
18Our hearts have not deserted you. We have not strayed from your path.
19Yet you have crushed us in the jackal’s desert home. You have covered us with darkness and death.
20If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread our hands in prayer to foreign gods,
21God would surely have known it, for he knows the secrets of every heart.
22But for your sake we are killed every day; we are being slaughtered like sheep.
English Standard Version
Chapter 44
9But you have rejected us and disgraced us and have not gone out with our armies. 10You have made us turn back from the foe, and those who hate us have gotten spoil. 11You have made us like sheep for slaughter and have scattered us among the nations. 12 You have sold your people for a trifle, demanding no high price for them. 13You have made us the taunt of our neighbors, the derision and scorn of those around us. 14You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples. 15All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face 16at the sound of the taunter and reviler, at the sight of the enemy and the avenger. 17 All this has come upon us, though we have not forgotten you, and we have not been false to your covenant. 18Our heart has not turned back, nor have our steps departed from your way; 19yet you have broken us in the place of jackals and covered us with the shadow of death. 20If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god, 21 would not God discover this? For he knows the secrets of the heart. 22Yet for your sake we are killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered. 23 Awake! Why are you sleeping, O Lord? Rouse yourself! Do not reject us forever! 24Why do you hide your face? Why do you forget our affliction and oppression? 25For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our belly clings to the ground. 26Rise up; come to our help! Redeem us for the sake of your steadfast love!New International Version
Chapter 44
9But now you have rejected and humbled us; you no longer go out with our armies. 10You made us retreat before the enemy, and our adversaries have plundered us. 11You gave us up to be devoured like sheep and have scattered us among the nations.
12You sold your people for a pittance, gaining nothing from their sale.
13You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, the scorn and derision of those around us.
14You have made us a byword among the nations; the peoples shake their heads at us.
15I live in disgrace all day long, and my face is covered with shame
16at the taunts of those who reproach and revile me, because of the enemy, who is bent on revenge.
17All this came upon us, though we had not forgotten you; we had not been false to your covenant.
18Our hearts had not turned back; our feet had not strayed from your path.
19But you crushed us and made us a haunt for jackals; you covered us over with deep darkness.
20If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,
21would not God have discovered it, since he knows the secrets of the heart?
New King James Version
