{"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/erv/psalms/44","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T02:39:19.594Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ERV","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":44,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":43,"nextChapter":45,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":26},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"For the Chief Musician; a Psalm of 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 days of old."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Thou didst drive out the nations with thy hand, and plantedst them in; thou didst afflict the peoples, and didst spread them abroad."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For they gat 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."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Thou art my King, O God: command deliverance for Jacob."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Through thee will we push down our adversaries: through thy name will we tread them under 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 our adversaries, and hast put them to shame that hate us."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"In God have we made our boast all the day long, and we will give thanks unto thy name for ever. Selah"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"But now thou hast cast us off, and brought us to dishonour; and goest not forth with our hosts."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Thou makest us to turn back from the adversary: and they which hate us spoil for themselves."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the nations."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Thou sellest thy people for nought, and hast not increased thy wealth by their price."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Thou makest us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"All the day long is my dishonour before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and the avenger."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"That thou hast sore broken us in the place of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"If we have forgotten the name of our God, or spread forth our hands to a strange god;"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?"},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"Rise up for our help, and redeem us for thy lovingkindness' sake."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 44 (ERV)","markdown":"[Psalms 44](https://primebible.com/erv/psalms/44)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ERV. https://primebible.com/erv/psalms/44 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}