Psalms 44
9 Ref But now thou hast cast `us' off, and brought us to dishonor, And goest not forth with our hosts.
10 Ref Thou makest us to turn back from the adversary; And they that hate us take spoil for themselves.
11 Ref Thou hast made us like sheep `appointed' for food, And hast scattered us among the nations.
12 Ref Thou sellest thy people for nought, And hast not increased `thy wealth' by their price.
13 Ref Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and a derision to them that are round about us.
14 Ref Thou makest us a byword among the nations, A shaking of the head among the peoples.
15 Ref All the day long is my dishonor before me, And the shame of my face hath covered me,
16 Ref For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth, By reason of the enemy and the avenger.
17 Ref All this is come upon us; Yet have we not forgotten thee, Neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
18 Ref Our heart is not turned back, Neither have our steps declined from thy way,
19 Ref That thou hast sore broken us in the place of jackals, And covered us with the shadow of death.
20 Ref If we have forgotten the name of our God, Or spread forth our hands to a strange god;
21 Ref Will not God search this out? For he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
22 Ref Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
23 Ref Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? Arise, cast `us' not off for ever.
24 Ref Wherefore hidest thou thy face, And forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
25 Ref For our soul is bowed down to the dust: Our body cleaveth unto the earth.
26 Ref Rise up for our help, And redeem us for thy lovingkindness' sake. Psalm 45 For the Chief Musician; set to Shoshannim. `A Psalm' of the sons of Korah. Maschil. A Song of loves.