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World English Bible

Psalm 44 (WEBP)

[1] We have heard with our ears, God; our fathers have told us what work you did in their days, in the days of old.
[2] You drove out the nations with your hand, but you planted them. You afflicted the peoples, but you spread them abroad.
[3] For they didn’t get the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them; but your right hand, your arm, and the light of your face, because you were favorable to them.
[4] God, you are my King. Command victories for Jacob!
[5] Through you, we will push down our adversaries. Through your name, we will tread down those who rise up against us.
[6] For I will not trust in my bow, neither will my sword save me.
[7] But you have saved us from our adversaries, and have shamed those who hate us.
[8] In God we have made our boast all day long. We will give thanks to your name forever. Selah.
[9] But now you rejected us, and brought us to dishonor, and don’t go out with our armies.
[10] You make us turn back from the adversary. Those who hate us take plunder for themselves.
[11] You have made us like sheep for food, and have scattered us among the nations.
[12] You sell your people for nothing, and have gained nothing from their sale.
[13] You make us a reproach to our neighbors, a scoffing and a derision to those who are around us.
[14] You make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.
[15] All day long my dishonor is before me, and shame covers my face,
[16] at the taunt of one who reproaches and verbally abuses, because of the enemy and the avenger.
[17] All this has come on us, yet we haven’t forgotten you. We haven’t been false to your covenant.
[18] Our heart has not turned back, neither have our steps strayed from your path,
[19] though you have crushed us in the haunt of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.
[20] If we have forgotten the name of our God, or spread out our hands to a strange god,
[21] won’t God search this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart.
[22] Yes, for your sake we are killed all day long. We are regarded as sheep for the slaughter.
[23] Wake up! Why do you sleep, Lord? Arise! Don’t reject us forever.
[24] Why do you hide your face, and forget our affliction and our oppression?
[25] For our soul is bowed down to the dust. Our body clings to the earth.
[26] Rise up to help us. Redeem us for your loving kindness’ sake.

Psalm 44:23 The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.”

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Psalm 44 (KJVS)

[1] We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, What work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.
[2] How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; How thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.
[3] For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, Neither did their own arm save them: But thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, Because thou hadst a favour unto them.
[4] Thou art my King, O God: Command deliverances for Jacob.
[5] Through thee will we push down our enemies: Through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
[6] For I will not trust in my bow, Neither shall my sword save me.
[7] But thou hast saved us from our enemies, And hast put them to shame that hated us.
[8] In God we boast all the day long, And praise thy name for ever. Selah.
[9] But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; And goest not forth with our armies.
[10] Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: And they which hate us spoil for themselves.
[11] Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; And hast scattered us among the heathen.
[12] Thou sellest thy people for nought, And dost not increase thy wealth by their price.
[13] Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, A scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
[14] Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, A shaking of the head among the people.
[15] My confusion is continually before me, And the shame of my face hath covered me,
[16] For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; By reason of the enemy and avenger.
[17] All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, Neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
[18] Our heart is not turned back, Neither have our steps declined from thy way;
[19] Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, And covered us with the shadow of death.
[20] If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;
[21] Shall not God search this out? For he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
[22] Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; We are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
[23] Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? Arise, cast us not off for ever.
[24] Wherefore hidest thou thy face, And forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
[25] For our soul is bowed down to the dust: Our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
[26] Arise for our help, And redeem us for thy mercies’ sake.

Psalm 44:11 Heb. as sheep of meat
Psalm 44:12 Heb. without riches
Psalm 44:18 Or, goings
Psalm 44:26 Heb. a help for us

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Psalm 44 (BYZ)

[1] Εἰς () τὸ () τέλος· () τοῖς () υἱοῖς () Κορε () εἰς () σύνεσιν () ψαλμός. () Ὁ () θεός, () ἐν () τοῖς () ὠσὶν () ἡμῶν () ἠκούσαμεν, () οἱ () πατέρες () ἡμῶν () ἀνήγγειλαν () ἡμῖν () ἔργον, () ὃ () εἰργάσω () ἐν () ταῖς () ἡμέραις () αὐτῶν, () ἐν () ἡμέραις () ἀρχαίαις. ()
[2] Ἡ () χείρ () σου () ἔθνη () ἐξωλέθρευσεν, () καὶ () κατεφύτευσας αὐτούς, () ἐκάκωσας () λαοὺς () καὶ () ἐξέβαλες () αὐτούς. ()
[3] Οὐ () γὰρ () ἐν () τῇ () ῥομφαίᾳ () αὐτῶν () ἐκληρονόμησαν () γῆν, () καὶ () ὁ () βραχίων () αὐτῶν () οὐκ () ἔσωσεν () αὐτούς, () ἀλλ’ () ἡ () δεξιά () σου () καὶ () ὁ () βραχίων () σου () καὶ () ὁ () φωτισμὸς () τοῦ () προσώπου () σου, () ὅτι () εὐδόκησας () ἐν () αὐτοῖς. ()
[4] Σὺ () εἶ () αὐτὸς () ὁ () βασιλεύς () μου () καὶ () ὁ () θεός () μου () ὁ () ἐντελλόμενος () τὰς () σωτηρίας () Ιακωβ· ()
[5] ἐν () σοὶ () τοὺς () ἐχθροὺς () ἡμῶν () κερατιοῦμεν καὶ () ἐν () τῷ () ὀνόματί () σου () ἐξουθενώσομεν () τοὺς () ἐπανιστανομένους () ἡμῖν. ()
[6] Οὐ () γὰρ () ἐπὶ () τῷ () τόξῳ () μου () ἐλπιῶ, () καὶ () ἡ () ῥομφαία () μου () οὐ () σώσει () με· ()
[7] ἔσωσας () γὰρ () ἡμᾶς () ἐκ () τῶν () θλιβόντων () ἡμᾶς () καὶ () τοὺς () μισοῦντας () ἡμᾶς () κατῄσχυνας. ()
[8] Ἐν () τῷ () θεῷ () ἐπαινεσθησόμεθα () ὅλην () τὴν () ἡμέραν () καὶ () ἐν () τῷ () ὀνόματί () σου () ἐξομολογησόμεθα () εἰς () τὸν () αἰῶνα. () Διάψαλμα.
[9] Νυνὶ () δὲ () ἀπώσω () καὶ () κατῄσχυνας () ἡμᾶς () καὶ () οὐκ () ἐξελεύσῃ () ἐν () ταῖς () δυνάμεσιν () ἡμῶν· ()
[10] ἀπέστρεψας () ἡμᾶς () εἰς () τὰ () ὀπίσω () παρὰ () τοὺς () ἐχθροὺς () ἡμῶν, () καὶ () οἱ () μισοῦντες () ἡμᾶς () διήρπαζον () ἑαυτοῖς. ()
[11] Ἔδωκας () ἡμᾶς () ὡς () πρόβατα () βρώσεως () καὶ () ἐν () τοῖς () ἔθνεσιν () διέσπειρας () ἡμᾶς· ()
[12] ἀπέδου () τὸν () λαόν () σου () ἄνευ () τιμῆς, () καὶ () οὐκ () ἦν () πλῆθος () ἐν () τοῖς () ἀλλάγμασιν αὐτῶν. ()
[13] Ἔθου () ἡμᾶς () ὄνειδος () τοῖς () γείτοσιν () ἡμῶν, () μυκτηρισμὸν καὶ () καταγέλωτα τοῖς () κύκλῳ () ἡμῶν· ()
[14] ἔθου () ἡμᾶς () εἰς () παραβολὴν () ἐν () τοῖς () ἔθνεσιν, () κίνησιν () κεφαλῆς () ἐν () τοῖς () λαοῖς. ()
[15] Ὅλην () τὴν () ἡμέραν () ἡ () ἐντροπή () μου () κατεναντίον μού () ἐστιν, () καὶ () ἡ () αἰσχύνη () τοῦ () προσώπου () μου () ἐκάλυψέν () με ()
[16] ἀπὸ () φωνῆς () ὀνειδίζοντος () καὶ () παραλαλοῦντος, ἀπὸ () προσώπου () ἐχθροῦ () καὶ () ἐκδιώκοντος. ()
[17] Ταῦτα () πάντα () ἦλθεν () ἐφ’ () ἡμᾶς, () καὶ () οὐκ () ἐπελαθόμεθά () σου () καὶ () οὐκ () ἠδικήσαμεν () ἐν () διαθήκῃ () σου, ()
[18] καὶ () οὐκ () ἀπέστη () εἰς () τὰ () ὀπίσω () ἡ () καρδία () ἡμῶν· () καὶ () ἐξέκλινας () τὰς () τρίβους () ἡμῶν () ἀπὸ () τῆς () ὁδοῦ () σου. ()
[19] Ὅτι () ἐταπείνωσας () ἡμᾶς () ἐν () τόπῳ () κακώσεως, () καὶ () ἐπεκάλυψεν () ἡμᾶς () σκιὰ () θανάτου. ()
[20] Εἰ () ἐπελαθόμεθα () τοῦ () ὀνόματος () τοῦ () θεοῦ () ἡμῶν () καὶ () εἰ () διεπετάσαμεν χεῖρας () ἡμῶν () πρὸς () θεὸν () ἀλλότριον, ()
[21] οὐχὶ () ὁ () θεὸς () ἐκζητήσει () ταῦτα; () Αὐτὸς () γὰρ () γινώσκει () τὰ () κρύφια τῆς () καρδίας. ()
[22] Ὅτι () ἕνεκα () σοῦ () θανατούμεθα () ὅλην () τὴν () ἡμέραν, () ἐλογίσθημεν () ὡς () πρόβατα () σφαγῆς. ()
[23] Ἐξεγέρθητι· () ἵνα () τί () ὑπνοῖς, κύριε; () Ἀνάστηθι () καὶ () μὴ () ἀπώσῃ () εἰς () τέλος. ()
[24] Ἵνα () τί () τὸ () πρόσωπόν () σου () ἀποστρέφεις, () ἐπιλανθάνῃ () τῆς () πτωχείας () ἡμῶν () καὶ () τῆς () θλίψεως () ἡμῶν; ()
[25] Ὅτι () ἐταπεινώθη () εἰς () χοῦν () ἡ () ψυχὴ () ἡμῶν, () ἐκολλήθη () εἰς () γῆν () ἡ () γαστὴρ () ἡμῶν. ()
[26] Ἀνάστα, () κύριε, () βοήθησον () ἡμῖν () καὶ () λύτρωσαι () ἡμᾶς () ἕνεκεν () τοῦ () ὀνόματός () σου. ()

Psalm 44:1 Originally verses 43:1–2.
Psalm 44:2 Originally verse 43:3.
Psalm 44:3 Originally verse 43:4.
Psalm 44:4 Originally verse 43:5.
Psalm 44:5 Originally verse 43:6.
Psalm 44:6 Originally verse 43:7.
Psalm 44:7 Originally verse 43:8.
Psalm 44:8 Originally verse 43:9.
Psalm 44:9 Originally verse 43:10.
Psalm 44:10 Originally verse 43:11.
Psalm 44:11 Originally verse 43:12.
Psalm 44:12 Originally verse 43:13.
Psalm 44:13 Originally verse 43:14.
Psalm 44:14 Originally verse 43:15.
Psalm 44:15 Originally verse 43:16.
Psalm 44:16 Originally verse 43:17.
Psalm 44:17 Originally verse 43:18.
Psalm 44:18 Originally verse 43:19.
Psalm 44:19 Originally verse 43:20.
Psalm 44:20 Originally verse 43:21.
Psalm 44:21 Originally verse 43:22.
Psalm 44:22 Originally verse 43:23.
Psalm 44:23 Originally verse 43:24.
Psalm 44:24 Originally verse 43:25.
Psalm 44:25 Originally verse 43:26.
Psalm 44:26 Originally verse 43:27.

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.