Psalms 44:5-17

⁵Through you will we overcome our haters; by your name will they be crushed under our feet who are violent against us.

⁶I will not put faith in my bow, my sword will not be my salvation.

⁷But it is you who have been our saviour from those who were against us, and have put to shame those who had hate for us.

⁸Our pride is in God at all times, to his name we give praise for ever. (Selah.)

⁹But now you have sent us away from you, and put us to shame; you do not go out with our armies.

¹⁰Because of this we are turned back by the attacker: those who have hate for us take our goods for themselves.

¹¹You have made us like sheep which are taken for meat; we are put to flight among the nations.

¹²You let your people go for nothing; your wealth is not increased by their price.

¹³You have made us to be looked down on by our neighbours, we are laughed at and shamed by those who are round about us.

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

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

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

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