Psalms 43

¹Unto the end. To the sons of Korah, toward understanding.

²We have heard, O God, with our own ears. Our fathers have announced to us the work that you wrought in their days and in the days of antiquity.

³Your hand dispersed the Gentiles, and you transplanted them. You afflicted a people, and you expelled them.

⁴For they did not take possession of the land by their sword, and their own arm did not save them. But your right hand and your arm, and the light of your countenance did so, because you were pleased with them.

⁵You yourself are my king and my God, who commands the salvation of Jacob.

⁶With you, we will brandish a horn before our enemies; and in your name, we will spurn those rising up against us.

⁷For I will not hope in my bow, and my sword will not save me.

⁸For you have saved us from those who afflict us, and you have bewildered those who hate us.

⁹In God, we will give praise all day long; and in your name, we will confess forever.

¹⁰But now, you have rejected and bewildered us, and you will not go forth with our armies, O God.

¹¹You have turned our back to our enemies, and those who hated us have plundered for themselves.

¹²You have given us over like sheep for food. You have scattered us among the Gentiles.

¹³You have sold your people without a price, and no great number was exchanged for them.

¹⁴You have set us as a disgrace to our neighbors, a scoff and a derision to those who are around us.

¹⁵You have set us as a parable among the Gentiles, a shaking of the head among the peoples.

¹⁶All day long my shame is before me, and the confusion of my face has covered me,

¹⁷before the voice of the reproacher and the commentator, before the face of the adversary and the pursuer.

¹⁸All these things have come upon us, yet we have not forgotten you, and we have not acted unjustly in your covenant.

¹⁹And our heart has not turned back. And you have not diverted our steps from your way.

²⁰For you humbled us in a place of affliction, and the shadow of death has covered us.

²¹If we have forgotten the name of our God, and if we have extended our hands to a foreign god,

²²will not God find this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart. For, because of you, we are being killed all day long. We are considered as sheep for the slaughter.

²³Rise up. Why do you fall asleep, O Lord? Rise up, and do not reject us in the end.

²⁴Why do you turn your face away, and why do you forget our needfulness and our tribulation?

²⁵For our soul has been humbled into the dust. Our belly has been bound to the earth.

²⁶Rise up, O Lord. Help us and redeem us, because of your name.

Psalms 43

¹Unto the end, for the sons of Core, to give understanding.

²We have heard, O God, with our ears: our fathers have declared to us, The work thou hast wrought in their days, and in the days of old.

³Thy hand destroyed the Gentiles, and thou plantedst them: thou didst afflict the people and cast them out.

⁴For they got not the possession of the land 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 wast pleased with them.

⁵Thou art thyself my king and my God, who commandest the saving of Jacob.

⁶Through thee we will push down our enemies with the horn: and through thy name we will despise them that rise up against us.

⁷For I will not trust in my bow: neither shall my sword save me.

⁸But thou hast saved us from them that afflict us: and hast put them to shame that hate us.

⁹In God shall we glory all the day long: and in thy name we will give praise for ever.

¹⁰But now thou hast cast us off, and put us to shame: and thou , O God, wilt not go out with our armies.

¹¹Thou hast made us turn our back to our enemies: and they that hated us plundered for themselves.

¹²Thou hast given us up like sheep to be eaten: thou hast scattered us among the nations.

¹³Thou hast sold thy people for no price: and there was no reckoning in the exchange of them.

¹⁴Thou hast made us a reproach to our neighbours, a scoff and derision to them that are round about us.

¹⁵Thou hast made us a byword among the Gentiles: a shaking of the head among the people.

¹⁶All the day long my shame is before me: and the confusion of my face hath covered me,

¹⁷At the voice of him that reproacheth and detracteth me: at the face of the enemy and persecutor.

¹⁸All these things have come upon us, yet we have not forgotten thee: and we have not done wickedly in thy covenant.

¹⁹And our heart hath not turned back: neither hast thou turned aside our steps from thy way.

²⁰For thou hast humbled us in the place of affliction: and the shadow of death hath covered us.

²¹If we have forgotten the name of our God, and if we have spread forth our hands to a strange god:

²²Shall not God search out these things: for he knoweth the secrets of the heart. Because for thy sake we are killed all the day long: we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.

²³Arise, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, and cast us not off to the end.

²⁴Why turnest thou thy face away? and forgettest our want and our trouble?

²⁵For our soul is humbled down to the dust: our belly cleaveth to the earth.

²⁶Arise, O Lord, help us and redeem us for thy name's sake.