Psalms 44:14-20 in English

¹⁴ Thou makest us a byword among the nations, A shaking of the head among the peoples.

¹⁵ All the day long is my dishonor 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 the 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 That thou hast sore broken us in the place of jackals, And covered us with the shadow of death.

²⁰ If we have forgotten the name of our God, Or spread forth our hands to a strange god;

¹⁴ All her glory is that of the daughter of the king of Esebon, robed as she is in golden fringed garments,

¹⁵ in embroidered clothing: virgins shall be brought to the king after her: her fellows shall be brought to thee.

¹⁶ They shall be brought with gladness and exultation: they shall be led into the king's temple.

¹⁷ Instead of thy fathers children are born to thee: thou shalt make them princes over all the earth.

¹⁸ They shall make mention of thy name from generation to generation: therefore shall the nations give thanks to thee for ever, even for ever and ever.

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;

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;

¹⁴ in embroidered clothing: virgins shall be brought to the king after her: her fellows shall be brought to you.

¹⁵ They shall be brought with gladness and exultation: they shall be led into the king's temple.

¹⁶ Instead of your fathers children are born to you: you shall make them princes over all the earth.

¹⁷ They shall make mention of your name from generation to generation: therefore shall the nations give thanks to you for ever, even for ever and ever.

¹⁴ Thou makest us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.

¹⁵ All the day long is my dishonour 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 the 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 That thou hast sore broken us in the place of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.

²⁰ If we have forgotten the name of our God, or spread forth our hands to a strange god;

¹⁴ They make jokes using the name of our country, they shake their heads to indicate that they despise us.

¹⁵ All day I feel disgraced; from seeing my face, people know that I am ashamed.

¹⁶ I hear what those who sneer at me and revile me say; I am ashamed in front of my enemies and those who want to harm me.

¹⁷ All these things have happened to us even though we have not forgotten you, and we are not the ones who disobeyed the agreement you made with our ancestors.

¹⁸ We have not stopped being loyal to you, and we have not stopped doing what you want us to do IDM.

¹⁹ But it is as though you have allowed us to be helpless among wild animals, and abandoned us in a deep dark ravine.

²⁰ If we had forgotten to worship MTY our God, or if we had spread out our hands to worship a foreign god,

¹⁴ in embroidered clothing: virgins shall be brought to the king after her: her fellows shall be brought to you.

¹⁵ They shall be brought with gladness and exultation: they shall be led into the king's temple.

¹⁶ Instead of your fathers children are born to you: you shall make them princes over all the earth.

¹⁷ They shall make mention of your name from generation to generation: therefore shall the nations give thanks to you for ever, even for ever and ever.

¹⁴ You make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.

¹⁵ All day long my dishonor is before me, and shame covers my face,

¹⁶ at the taunt of one who reproaches and verbally abuses, because of the enemy and the avenger.

¹⁷ All this has come on us, yet we haven’t forgotten you. We haven’t been false to your covenant.

¹⁸ Our heart has not turned back, neither have our steps strayed from your path,

¹⁹ though you have crushed us in the haunt of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.

²⁰ If we have forgotten the name of our God, or spread out our hands to a strange god,

¹⁴ You make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.

¹⁵ All day long my dishonor is before me, and shame covers my face,

¹⁶ at the taunt of one who reproaches and verbally abuses, because of the enemy and the avenger.

¹⁷ All this has come on us, yet we haven’t forgotten you. We haven’t been false to your covenant.

¹⁸ Our heart has not turned back, neither have our steps strayed from your path,

¹⁹ though you have crushed us in the haunt of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.

²⁰ If we have forgotten the name of our God, or spread out our hands to a strange god,

¹⁴ You make us a byword amongst the nations, a shaking of the head amongst the peoples.

¹⁵ All day long my dishonour is before me, and shame covers my face,

¹⁶ at the taunt of one who reproaches and verbally abuses, because of the enemy and the avenger.

¹⁷ All this has come on us, yet we haven’t forgotten you. We haven’t been false to your covenant.

¹⁸ Our heart has not turned back, neither have our steps strayed from your path,

¹⁹ though you have crushed us in the haunt of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.

²⁰ If we have forgotten the name of our God, or spread out our hands to a strange god,

¹⁴ Our name is a word of shame among the nations, a sign for the shaking of heads among the peoples.

¹⁵ My downfall is ever before me, and I am covered with the shame of my face;

¹⁶ Because of the voice of him who says sharp and bitter words; because of the hater and him who is the instrument of punishment.

¹⁷ All this has come on us, but still we have kept you in our memory; and we have not been false to your word.

¹⁸ Our hearts have not gone back, and our steps have not been turned out of your way;

¹⁹ Though you have let us be crushed in the place of jackals, though we are covered with darkest shade.

²⁰ If the name of our God has gone out of our minds, or if our hands have been stretched out to a strange god,

¹⁴ Thou makest us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.

¹⁵ All the day my confusion is before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,

¹⁶ Because of the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and the avenger.

¹⁷ All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely against thy covenant:

¹⁸ Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy path;

¹⁹ Though thou hast crushed us in the place of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.

²⁰ If we had forgotten the name of our God, and stretched out our hands to a strange god,

¹⁴ All the glory of the king’s daughter is within in golden borders,

¹⁵ Clothed round about with varieties. After her shall virgins be brought to the king: her neighbours shall be brought to thee.

¹⁶ They shall be brought with gladness and rejoicing: they shall be brought into the temple of the king.

¹⁷ Instead of thy fathers, sons are born to thee: thou shalt make them princes over all the earth.

¹⁸ They shall remember thy name throughout all generations. Therefore shall people praise thee for ever; yea, for ever and ever.

¹⁴ You have made us a joke to the other nations; they scornfully shake their heads at us.

¹⁵ We are humiliated all day long; we hold our heads in shame,

¹⁶ because of all the insults from the people mocking us, because our vengeful enemies are right in front of us.

¹⁷ All this has happened to us even though we didn't forget you; we haven't been unfaithful to the promises we made to you.

¹⁸ We have not turned away from you, not in thought, nor in action.

¹⁹ Even so, you crushed us, and made us into a jackal's den. You have covered us with the darkness of death.

²⁰ If we had forgotten the name of our God, or worshiped other gods,

¹⁴ Thou makest vs a prouerbe among the nations, and a nodding of the head among the people.

¹⁵ My confusion is dayly before me, and the shame of my face hath couered me,

¹⁶ For the voyce of the slaunderer and rebuker, for the enemie and auenger.

¹⁷ All this is come vpon vs, yet doe wee not forget thee, neither deale wee falsly concerning thy couenant.

¹⁸ Our heart is not turned backe: neither our steps gone out of thy paths,

¹⁹ Albeit thou hast smitten vs downe into the place of dragons, and couered vs with the shadow of death.

²⁰ If wee haue forgotten the Name of our God, and holden vp our hands to a strange god,

¹⁴ (44-15) Thou makest us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.

¹⁵ (44-16) All the day is my confusion before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,

¹⁶ (44-17) For the voice of him that taunteth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and the revengeful.

¹⁷ (44-18) All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten Thee, neither have we been false to Thy covenant.

¹⁸ (44-19) Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from Thy path;

¹⁹ (44-20) Though Thou hast crushed us into a place of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.

²⁰ (44-21) If we had forgotten the name of our God, or spread forth our hands to a strange god;

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;

¹⁴ (44:15) Thou renderest us a by-word among the nations, a shaking of the head among the people.

¹⁵ (44:16) All the day is my disgrace before me, and the shame of my face covereth me;

¹⁶ (44:17) Because of the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and him that seeketh vengeance.

¹⁷ (44:18) All this is come over us, yet have we not forgotten thee; nor have we dealt falsely by thy covenant;

¹⁸ (44:19) Our heart is not moved backward, nor hath our step turned aside from thy path:

¹⁹ (44:20) Even when thou didst crush us in the abode of monsters, and cover us with the shadow of death.

²⁰ (44:21) If we had forgotten the name of our God, or spread forth our hands to a strange God:

¹⁴ All her glory is that of the daughter of the king of Heshbon, Robed as she is in golden fringed garments,

¹⁵ in embroidered clothing: Virgins shall be brought to the king after her: Her fellows shall be brought to thee.

¹⁶ They shall be brought with gladness and exultation: They shall be led into the king’s temple.

¹⁷ Instead of thy fathers children are born to thee: Thou shalt make them princes over all the earth.

¹⁸ They shall make mention of thy name from generation to generation: Therefore shall the nations give thanks to thee Forever, even forever and ever.

¹⁴ Thou makest us a byword among the nations, And causest the people to shake their heads at us.

¹⁵ My ignominy is continually before me, And shame covereth my face,

¹⁶ On account of the voice of the scoffer and the reviler, And on account of the enemy and the avenger.

¹⁷ All this hath come upon us; Yet have we not forgotten thee, Nor have we been false to thy covenant.

¹⁸ Our hearts, have not wandered from thee, Nor have our feet gone out of thy path;

¹⁹ Though thou hast crushed us in a land of jackals, And covered us with thick darkness.

²⁰ If we had forgotten the name of our God, Or stretched forth our hands to a strange God,

¹⁴ O'er the world you have made us a byword, the nations at us shake their heads.

¹⁵ My disgrace is forever before me, my face is covered with shame,

¹⁶ at the words of blasphemer and scoffer, at the sight of the foe and the vengeful.

¹⁷ All this has come upon us, yet we have not forgotten you nor falsely dealt with your covenant.

¹⁸ Our heart has not turned back, nor our steps declined from your way,

¹⁹ that you thus should have crushed us down, and covered us over with gloom, in the place where the jackals roam.

²⁰ Had we forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a god that was strange,

¹⁴ O'er the world you have made us a byword, the nations at us shake their heads.

¹⁵ My disgrace is forever before me, my face is covered with shame,

¹⁶ at the words of blasphemer and scoffer, at the sight of the foe and the vengeful.

¹⁷ All this has come upon us, yet we have not forgotten you nor falsely dealt with your covenant.

¹⁸ Our heart has not turned back, nor our steps declined from your way,

¹⁹ that you thus should have crushed us down, and covered us over with gloom, in the place where the jackals roam.

²⁰ Had we forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a god that was strange,

¹⁴ You make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.

¹⁵ All day long my dishonor is before me, and shame covers my face,

¹⁶ At the taunt of one who reproaches and verbally abuses, because of the enemy and the avenger.

¹⁷ All this has come on us, yet have we not forgotten you, Neither have we been false to your covenant ·binding contract between two or more parties·.

¹⁸ Our heart has not turned back, neither have our steps strayed from your path,

¹⁹ Though you have crushed us in the haunt of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.

²⁰ If we have forgotten the name of our God, or spread out our hands to a strange deity;

¹⁴ You make us an insult among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.

¹⁵ All the day long my dishonor is before me, and the shame of my face has covered me

¹⁶ because of the voice of him who rebukes and insults, because of the enemy and the avenger.

¹⁷ All this has come on us; yet we have not forgotten you or dealt falsely with your covenant.

¹⁸ Our heart has not turned back; our steps have not gone from your way.

¹⁹ Yet you have severely broken us in the place of jackals and covered us with the shadow of death.

²⁰ If we have forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a strange god,

¹⁴ You make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.

¹⁵ All day long my dishonor is before me, and shame covers my face,

¹⁶ at the taunt of one who reproaches and verbally abuses, because of the enemy and the avenger.

¹⁷ All this has come on us, yet we haven’t forgotten you. We haven’t been false to your covenant.

¹⁸ Our heart has not turned back, neither have our steps strayed from your path,

¹⁹ though you have crushed us in the haunt of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.

²⁰ If we have forgotten the name of our God, or spread out our hands to a strange god,

¹⁴ You make us a byword amongst the nations, a shaking of the head amongst the peoples.

¹⁵ All day long my dishonour is before me, and shame covers my face,

¹⁶ at the taunt of one who reproaches and verbally abuses, because of the enemy and the avenger.

¹⁷ All this has come on us, yet we haven’t forgotten you. We haven’t been false to your covenant.

¹⁸ Our heart has not turned back, neither have our steps strayed from your path,

¹⁹ though you have crushed us in the haunt of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.

²⁰ If we have forgotten the name of our God, or spread out our hands to a strange god,

¹⁴ Thou makest us a by-word 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 we have 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 severely broke us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shades of death.

²⁰ If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;

¹⁴ You make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.

¹⁵ All day long my dishonor is before me, and shame covers my face,

¹⁶ at the taunt of one who reproaches and verbally abuses, because of the enemy and the avenger.

¹⁷ All this has come on us, yet we haven’t forgotten you. We haven’t been false to your covenant.

¹⁸ Our heart has not turned back, neither have our steps strayed from your path,

¹⁹ though you have crushed us in the haunt of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.

²⁰ If we have forgotten the name of our God, or spread out our hands to a strange god,

¹⁴ You make us a byword amongst the nations, a shaking of the head amongst the peoples.

¹⁵ All day long my dishonour is before me, and shame covers my face,

¹⁶ at the taunt of one who reproaches and verbally abuses, because of the enemy and the avenger.

¹⁷ All this has come on us, yet we haven’t forgotten you. We haven’t been false to your covenant.

¹⁸ Our heart has not turned back, neither have our steps strayed from your path,

¹⁹ though you have crushed us in the haunt of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.

²⁰ If we have forgotten the name of our God, or spread out our hands to a strange god,

¹⁴ Thou hast set or put us into like-ness to heathen men; and wagging of the head among peoples.

¹⁵ All day my shame is against me; and the shame of my face covered me.

¹⁶ From the voice of the despiser, and evil speaker; from the face of the enemy, and the pursuer.

¹⁷ All these things came on us, and we have not forgotten thee; and we did not wickedly in thy testament.

¹⁸ And our heart went not away behind; and thou hast not bowed away our paths from thy way.

¹⁹ For thou hast made us low in the place of torment; and the shadow of death covered us.

²⁰ If we forgat the name of our God; and if we held forth our hands to an alien God.

¹⁴ Thou hast set us into likeness to heathen men; and stirring of the head/and wagging of (the) head among peoples. (Thou hast made us into a likeness, or a byword, to the heathen; and they shook their heads over us among the nations.)

¹⁵ All day my shame is against me; and the shame of my face covered me. (All day long my shame is before me; and the shame on my face covered me.)

¹⁶ From the voice of the despiser, and evil speaker; from the face of the enemy, and the pursuer. (From the voice of him who despiseth, and speaketh evil; from before the enemy, and the pursuer.)

¹⁷ All these things came on us, and we have not forgotten thee; and we did not wickedly in thy testament. (All these things came upon us, but we did not forget thee; and we have not broken thy covenant.)

¹⁸ And our heart went not away behind; and thou hast (not) bowed away our paths from thy way. (And our hearts did not turn away from thee or And our hearts did not turn back from thee; and our steps have not turned away from thy way.)

¹⁹ For thou hast made us low in the place of torment; and the shadow of death covered us. (Though thou hast made us low, or hast humbled us, in the place of torment; and hast covered us with the shadow of death.)

²⁰ If we forgat the name of our God; and if we held forth our hands to an alien God. (And if we had forgotten the name of our God; or if we had held forth our hands to a foreign, or another, god;)

¹⁴ Thou makest us a simile among nations, A shaking of the head among peoples.

¹⁵ All the day my confusion is before me, And the shame of my face hath covered me.

¹⁶ Because of the voice of a reproacher and reviler, Because of an enemy and a self-avenger.

¹⁷ All this met us, and we did not forget Thee, Nor have we dealt falsely in Thy covenant.

¹⁸ We turn not backward our heart, Nor turn aside doth our step from Thy path.

¹⁹ But Thou hast smitten us in a place of dragons, And dost cover us over with death-shade.

²⁰ If we have forgotten the name of our God, And spread our hands to a strange God,