44For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A maskil. We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us what you did in their days, in days long ago.H5329H1121H7141H4905H8085H241H430H1H5608H6467H6466H3117H3117H69242With your hand you drove out the nations and planted our fathers; you crushed the peoples and made our fathers flourish.H3423H1471H3027H5193H7489H3816H79713It was not by their sword that they won the land, nor did their arm bring them victory; it was your right hand, your arm, and the light of your face, for you loved them.H3423H776H3423H2719H2220H3467H3225H2220H216H6440H75214You are my King and my God, who decrees victories for Jacob.H4428H430H6680H3444H32905Through you we push back our enemies; through your name we trample our foes.H5055H6862H8034H947H69656I do not trust in my bow, my sword does not bring me victory;H982H7198H2719H34677but you give us victory over our enemies, you put our adversaries to shame.H3467H6862H954H81308In God we make our boast all day long, and we will praise your name forever. SelahH430H1984H3117H3034H8034H5769H55429But now you have rejected and humbled us; you no longer go out with our armies.H637H2186H3637H3318H663510You made us retreat before the enemy, and our adversaries have plundered us.H7725H268H6862H8130H815411You gave us up to be devoured like sheep and have scattered us among the nations.H5414H6629H3978H2219H147112You sold your people for a pittance, gaining nothing from their sale.H4376H5971H1952H7235H424213You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, the scorn and derision of those around us.H7760H2781H7934H3933H7047H543914You have made us a byword among the nations; the peoples shake their heads at us.H7760H4912H1471H4493H7218H381615My disgrace is before me all day long, and my face is covered with shameH3639H3117H1322H6440H368016at the taunts of those who reproach and revile me, because of the enemy, who is bent on revenge.H6963H2778H1442H6440H341H535817All this happened to us, though we had not forgotten you or been false to your covenant.H935H7911H8266H128518Our hearts had not turned back; our feet had not strayed from your path.H3820H5472H268H838H5186H73419But you crushed us and made us a haunt for jackals and covered us over with deep darkness.H1794H4725H8577H3680H675720If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,H7911H8034H430H6566H3709H2114H41021would not God have discovered it, since he knows the secrets of the heart?H430H2713H3045H8587H382022Yet for your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.H2026H3117H2803H6629H287823Awake, O Lord! Why do you sleep? Rouse yourself! Do not reject us forever.H5782H3462H136H6974H2186H533124Why do you hide your face and forget our misery and oppression?H5641H6440H7911H6040H390625We are brought down to the dust; our bodies cling to the ground.H5315H7743H6083H990H1692H77626Rise up and help us; redeem us because of your unfailing love.H6965H5833H6299H2617