19:044:001 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.
19:044:002 How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and
plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast
them out.
19:044:003 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.
19:044:004 Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.
19:044:005 Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name
will we tread them under that rise up against us.
19:044:006 For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save
me.
19:044:007 But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to
shame that hated us.
19:044:008 In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for
ever. Selah.
19:044:009 But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not
forth with our armies.
19:044:010 Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which
hate us spoil for themselves.
19:044:011 Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast
scattered us among the heathen.
19:044:012 Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy
wealth by their price.
19:044:013 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a
derision to them that are round about us.
19:044:014 Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the
head among the people.
19:044:015 My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my
face hath covered me,
19:044:016 For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by
reason of the enemy and avenger.
19:044:017 All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee,
neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
19:044:018 Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined
from thy way;
19:044:019 Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and
covered us with the shadow of death.
19:044:020 If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our
hands to a strange god;
19:044:021 Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of
the heart.
19:044:022 Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are
counted as sheep for the slaughter.
19:044:023 Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for
ever.
19:044:024 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction
and our oppression?
19:044:025 For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth
unto the earth.
19:044:026 Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake.