Psalm 44:1-26 ASV

[1] We have heard with our ears, O God, Our fathers have told us, What work thou didst in their days, In the days of old. [2] Thou didst drive out the nations with thy hand; But them thou didst plant: Thou didst afflict the peoples; But them thou didst spread abroad. [3] For they gat 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 wast favorable unto them. [4] Thou art my King, O God: Command deliverance for Jacob. [5] Through thee will we push down our adversaries: 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 adversaries, And hast put them to shame that hate us. [8] In God have we made our boast all the day long, And we will give thanks unto thy name for ever. Selah [9] But now thou hast cast us off, and brought us to dishonor, And goest not forth with our hosts. [10] Thou makest us to turn back from the adversary; And they that hate us take spoil for themselves. [11] Thou hast made us like sheep appointed for food, And hast scattered us among the nations. [12] Thou sellest thy people for nought, And hast not increased thy wealth by their price. [13] Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and a derision to them that are round about us. [14] Thou makest us a byword among the nations, A shaking of the head among the peoples. [15] All the day long is my dishonor 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 the 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] That thou hast sore broken us in the place of jackals, And covered us with the shadow of death. [20] If we have forgotten the name of our God, Or spread forth our hands to a strange god; [21] Will 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 accounted 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 body cleaveth unto the earth. [26] Rise up for our help, And redeem us for thy lovingkindness' sake.