Psalms 44:4-15

⁴Thou thyself art my king, O God: command deliverance for Jacob.

⁵Through thee will we push down our adversaries; through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.

⁶For I will not put confidence in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.

⁷For thou hast saved us from our adversaries, and hast put them to shame that hate us.

⁸In God will we boast all the day, and we will praise thy name for ever. Selah.

⁹But thou hast cast off, and put us to confusion, and dost not go forth with our armies;

¹⁰Thou hast made us to turn back from the adversary, and they that hate us spoil for themselves;

¹¹Thou hast given us over like sheep appointed for meat, and hast scattered us among the nations;

¹²Thou hast sold thy people for nought, and hast not increased thy wealth by their price;

¹³Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a mockery and a derision for them that are round about us;

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

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