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| [1] We haue hearde with our eares O Lorde: our fathers haue tolde vs what workes thou hast done in their daies in the olde tyme |
[1]To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil. 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]Howe thou hast driuen out the heathen with thy hande and planted them in: howe thou hast destroyed the nations & placed them |
[2]How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and didst plant them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out. |
| [3]For they gat not the lande in possession through their owne sworde: neither was it their owne arme that saued them. (44:4) But thy ryght hande, and thine arme, & the lyght of thy countenaunce: because thou hadst a fauour vnto them |
[3]For they obtained not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thy arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favor to them. |
| [4](44:5) Thou art my kyng O Lorde: commaunde that Iacob be saued |
[4]Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob. |
| [5](44:6) Through thee we wyll ouerthrowe our enemies: and in thy name we wyll treade them vnder that ryse vp agaynst vs |
[5]Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name we will tread them under that rise up against us. |
| [6](44:7) For I wyll not trust in my bowe: and it is not my sworde that can saue me |
[6]For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me. |
| [7](44:8) But it is thou that sauest vs from our enemies: and thou puttest them to confusion that hate vs |
[7]But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us. |
| [8](44:9) We make our boast of God all the day long: and we wyll confesse thy name for euer. Selah |
[8]In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah. |
| [9](44:10) But nowe thou art farre of, and thou puttest vs to confusion: neither goest thou foorth with our armies |
[9]But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies. |
| [10](44:11) Thou makest vs to turne away backwarde from the enemie: so that they which hate vs, do make vs a spoyle vnto them |
[10]Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they who hate us plunder for themselves. |
| [11](44:12) Thou hast delyuered vs as sheepe to be eaten: and thou hast scattered vs among the heathen |
[11]Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for food; and hast scattered us among the heathen. |
| [12](44:13) Thou hast solde thy people for naught: and thou hast taken no money for them |
[12]Thou sellest thy people for naught, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price. |
| [13](44:14) Thou hast made vs a rebuke to our neighbours: to be laughed to scorne and had in derision of them that are rounde about vs |
[13]Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and a derision to them that are around us. |
| [14](44:15) Thou hast made vs [to be] a fable among the heathen: [and to be such] that the people shake their head at vs |
[14]Thou makest us a by-word among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people. |
| [15](44:16a) My confusion is dayly before me, and the shame of my face couereth me |
[15]My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me, |
| [16](44:16b) for [to heare] the voyce of the slaunderer & blasphemer, and for to see the enemie and the auenger |
[16]For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger. |
| [17][And though] all this be come vpon vs: [yet] we do not forget thee, nor shewe our selues to be false in thy couenaunt |
[17]All this is come upon us; yet we have not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant. |
| [18](44:18a) Our heart is not turned backe, neither our steppes be declined out of thy pathes |
[18]Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way; |
| [19](44:18b) no not when thou hast smitten vs in the place of dragons, and couered vs with the shadowe of death |
[19]Though thou hast severely broke us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shades of death. |
| [20](44:19a) If we had forgotten the name of our Lorde, and holden vp our handes to any straunge god |
[20]If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god; |
| [21](44:19b) woulde not God searche it out? for he knoweth the very secretes of the heart |
[21]Will not God search out this? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart. |
| [22](44:20) For thy sake also are we kylled all the day long: and are counted as sheepe appoynted to be slayne |
[22]Yes, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter. |
| [23](44:21a) Stirre vp O Lorde, why slepest thou? awake & be not absent from vs for euer |
[23]Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever. |
| [24](44:21b) wherfore hydest thou thy face, and forgettest our miserie and tribulation |
[24]Why hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression? |
| [25](44:22) For our soule is brought lowe vnto the dust: our belly cleaueth vnto the grounde |
[25]For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth to the earth. |
| [26](44:23) Aryse vp thou our ayde, and redeeme vs: for thy louyng kindnesse sake |
[26]Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake. |