Psalms 44:2-18

²(44-3) Thou with Thy hand didst drive out the nations, and didst plant them in; Thou didst break the peoples, and didst spread them abroad.

³(44-4) For not by their own sword did they get the land in possession, neither did their own arm save them; but Thy right hand, and Thine arm, and the light of Thy countenance, because Thou wast favourable unto them.

⁴(44-5) Thou art my King, O God; command the salvation of Jacob.

⁵(44-6) Through Thee do we push down our adversaries; through Thy name do we tread them under that rise up against us.

⁶(44-7) For I trust not in my bow, neither can my sword save me.

⁷(44-8) But Thou hast saved us from our adversaries, and hast put them to shame that hate us.

⁸(44-9) In God have we gloried all the day, and we will give thanks unto Thy name for ever. Selah

⁹(44-10) Yet Thou hast cast off, and brought us to confusion; and goest not forth with our hosts.

¹⁰(44-11) Thou makest us to turn back from the adversary; and they that hate us spoil at their will.

¹¹(44-12) Thou hast given us like sheep to be eaten; and hast scattered us among the nations.

¹²(44-13) Thou sellest Thy people for small gain, and hast not set their prices high.

¹³(44-14) Thou makest us a taunt to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.

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;