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Psalms 44
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1For the end, for alternate [strains] by the sons of Core; for instruction, a Song concerning the beloved.
1We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.
2My heart has uttered a good matter: I declare my works to the king: my tongue is the pen of a quick writer.
2How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.
3Thou art more beautiful than the sons of men: grace has been shed forth on thy lips: therefore God has blessed thee for ever.
3For 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.
4Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O Mighty One, in thy comeliness, and in thy beauty;
4Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.
5and bend [thy bow], and prosper, and reign, because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall guide thee wonderfully.
5Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
6Thy weapons are sharpened, Mighty One, (the nations shall fall under thee) [they are] in the heart of the king's enemies.
6For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
7Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a sceptre of righteousness.
7But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.
8Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity: therefore God , thy God, has anointed thee with the oil of gladness beyond thy fellows.
8In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah.
9Myrrh, and stacte, and cassia [are exhaled] from thy garments, [and] out of the ivory palaces,
9But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.
10with which kings' daughters have gladdened thee for thine honour: the queen stood by on thy right hand, clothed in vesture wrought with gold, [and] arrayed in divers colours.
10Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.
11Hear, O daughter, and see, and incline thine ear; forget also thy people, and thy father's house.
11Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen.
12Because the king has desired thy beauty; for he is thy Lord.
12Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.
13And the daughter of Tyre shall adore him with gifts; the rich of the people of the land shall supplicate thy favour.
13Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
14All her glory [is that] of the daughter of the king of Esebon, robed [as she is] in golden fringed garments,
14Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
15in embroidered [clothing]: virgins shall be brought to the king after her: her fellows shall be brought to thee.
15My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
16They shall be brought with gladness and exultation: they shall be led into the king's temple.
16For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger.
17Instead of thy fathers children are born to thee: thou shalt make them princes over all the earth.
17All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
18They shall make mention of thy name from generation to generation: therefore shall the nations give thanks to thee for ever, even for ever and ever.
18Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;