Psalms 44:2-18

²With thine own hand didst thou drive out the nations, And plant our fathers; Thou didst destroy the nations, And cause our fathers to flourish.

³For not by their own swords did they gain possession of the land, Nor did their own arms give them victory; But thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance; For thou didst favor them!

⁴Thou art my king, O God! O send deliverance to Jacob!

⁵Through thee we may cast down our enemies; Through thy name we may trample upon our adversaries!

⁶I trust not in my bow, Nor can my sword save me.

⁷But it is thou only who savest us from our enemies, And puttest to shame those who hate us!

⁸In God will we glory continually; Yea, we will praise thy name for ever! Pause.

⁹Yet now thou hast cast us off, and put us to shame; Thou goest not forth with our armies.

¹⁰Thou makest us turn back from the enemy, And they who hate us make our goods their prey.

¹¹Thou makest us like sheep destined for food, And scatterest us among the nations.

¹²Thou sellest thy people for nought, And increasest not thy wealth by their price.

¹³Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, A scorn and a derision to those who are around us.

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

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

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

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

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