Psalms 44

lamnatseakh livne-qorakh maskil

For the leader. Of the Korahites. A maskil.

elohim be'oznenu shamanu avotenu sipperu-lanu po'al pa'alta vimehem bime qedem

We have heard, O God, our ancestors have told us the deeds You performed in their time, in days of old.

attah yadekha goyim horashta vattitta'em tara le'ummim vatteshallekhem

With Your hand You planted them, displacing nations; You brought misfortune on peoples, and drove them out.

ki lo vekharbam yareshu arets uzero'am lo-hoshi'ah lamo ki-yeminekha uzero'akha ve'or panekha ki retsitam

It was not by their sword that they took the land, their arm did not give them victory, but Your right hand, Your arm, and Your goodwill, for You favored them.

attah-hu malki elohim tsavveh yeshu'ot ya'aqov

You are my king, O God; decree victories for Jacob!

bekha tsarenu nenaggeakh beshimkha navus qamenu

Through You we gore our foes; by Your name we trample our adversaries;

ki lo veqashti evtakh vekharbi lo toshi'eni

I do not trust in my bow; it is not my sword that gives me victory;

ki hoshatanu mitsarenu umesanenu hevishota

You give us victory over our foes; You thwart those who hate us.

belohim hillalnu khol-hayyom veshimkha le'olam nodeh selah

In God we glory at all times, and praise Your name unceasingly. Selah.

af-zanakhta vattakhlimenu velo-tetse betsivotenu

Yet You have rejected and disgraced us; You do not go with our armies.

teshivenu akhor minni-tsar umesanenu shasu lamo

You make us retreat before our foe; our enemies plunder us at will.

tittenenu ketson ma'akhal uvaggoyim zeritanu

You let them devour us like sheep; You disperse us among the nations.

timkor-ammekha velo-hon velo-ribbita bimkhirehem

You sell Your people for no fortune, You set no high price on them.

tesimenu kherpah lishkhenenu la'ag vaqeles lisvivotenu

You make us the butt of our neighbors, the scorn and derision of those around us.

tesimenu mashal baggoyim menod-rosh balummim

You make us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.

kol-hayyom kelimmati negdi uvoshet panay kissateni

I am always aware of my disgrace; I am wholly covered with shame

miqqol mekharef umegaddef mippene oyev umitnaqqem

at the sound of taunting revilers, in the presence of the vengeful foe.

kol-zot ba'atnu velo shekhakhanukha velo-shiqqarnu bivritekha

All this has come upon us, yet we have not forgotten You, or been false to Your covenant.

lo-nasog akhor libbenu vattet ashurenu minni orkhekha

Our hearts have not gone astray, nor have our feet swerved from Your path,

ki dikkitanu bimqom tannim vattekhas alenu vetsalmavet

though You cast us, crushed, to where the sea monster is, and covered us over with deepest darkness.

im-shakhakhnu shem elohenu vannifros kappenu le'el zar

If we forgot the name of our God and spread forth our hands to a foreign god,

halo elohim yakhaqor-zot ki-hu yodea ta'alumot lev

God would surely search it out, as the One who knows the secrets of the heart.

ki-alekha horagnu khol-hayyom nekhshavnu ketson tivkhah

It is for Your sake that we are slain all day long, that we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.

urah lammah tishan adonay haqitsah al-tiznakh lanetsakh

Rouse Yourself; why do You sleep, O my Sovereign? Awaken, do not reject us forever!

lammah-fanekha tastir tishkakh onyenu velakhatsenu

Why do You hide Your face, ignoring our affliction and distress?

ki shakhah le'afar nafshenu daveqah la'arets bitnenu

We lie prostrate in the dust; our body clings to the ground.

qumah ezratah lanu ufedenu lema'an khasdekha

Arise and help us, redeem us, as befits Your faithfulness.