{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/drb/psalms/44","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-31T06:02:38.136Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":44,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":43,"nextChapter":45,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":26},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Unto the end, for the sons of Core, to give understanding. We 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. "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Thy hand destroyed the Gentiles, and thou plantedst them : thou didst afflict the people and cast them out. "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For 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. "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Thou art thyself my king and my God, who commandest the saving of Jacob. "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Through thee we will push down our enemies with the horn : and through thy name we will despise them that rise up against us. "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"For I will not trust in my bow : neither shall my sword save me. "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"But thou hast saved us from them that afflict us : and hast put them to shame that hate us. "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"In God shall we glory all the day long : and in thy name we will give praise for ever. "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"But now thou hast cast us off, and put us to shame : and thou, O God, wilt not go out with our armies. "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Thou hast made us turn our back to our enemies : and they that hated us plundered for themselves. "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Thou hast given us up like sheep to be eaten : thou hast scattered us among the nations. "},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Thou hast sold thy people for no price : and there was no reckoning in the exchange of them. "},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Thou hast made us a reproach to our neighbours, a scoff and derision to them that are round about us. "},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Thou hast made us a byword among the Gentiles : a shaking of the head among the people. "},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"All the day long my shame is before me : and the confusion of my face hath covered me, "},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"At the voice of him that reproacheth and detracteth me : at the face of the enemy and persecutor. "},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"All these things have come upon us, yet we have not forgotten thee : and we have not done wickedly in they covenant. "},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"And our heart hath not turned back : neither hast thou turned aside our steps from thy way. "},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"For thou hast humbled us in the place of affliction : and the shadow of death hath covered us. "},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"If we have forgotten the name of our God, and if we have spread forth our hands to a strange god : "},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Shall 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. "},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Shall 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. "},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Arise, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, and cast us not off to the end. "},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Why turnest thou face away? and forgettest our want and our trouble? "},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"For our soul is humbled down to the dust : our belly cleaveth to the earth. "},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"Arise, O Lord, help us and redeem us for thy name's sake. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 44 (DRB)","markdown":"[Psalms 44](https://primebible.com/drb/psalms/44)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/psalms/44 (accessed 2026-05-31)."}}