Book of Psalms, No. 44
No. 44 of the Psalms
¶ Our fathers have told us,
¶ What work thou didst in their days,
¶ In the days of old.
¶ But them thou didst plant:
¶ Thou didst afflict the peoples;
¶ But them thou didst spread abroad.
¶ Neither did their own arm save them;
¶ But thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance,
¶ Because thou wast favorable unto them.
¶ Command [a]deliverance for Jacob.
¶ Through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
¶ Neither shall my sword save me.
¶ And hast put them to shame that hate us.
¶ And we will give thanks unto thy name for ever. Selah
¶ And goest not forth with our hosts.
¶ And they that hate us take spoil for themselves.
¶ And hast scattered us among the nations.
¶ And hast not increased thy wealth by their price.
¶ A scoffing and a derision to them that are round about us.
¶ A shaking of the head among the peoples.
¶ And the shame of my face hath covered me,
¶ By reason of the enemy and the avenger.
¶ Neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
¶ Neither have our steps declined from thy way,
¶ And covered us with the shadow of death.
¶ Or spread forth our hands to a strange god;
¶ For he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
¶ We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
¶ Arise, cast us not off for ever.
¶ And forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
¶ Our body cleaveth unto the earth.
¶ And redeem us for thy lovingkindness’ sake.FOOTNOTES
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