{"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/kjv/psalms/44","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T11:50:26.856Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":44,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":43,"nextChapter":45,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":26},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"{To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil.} We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, <i>what</i> work thou didst in their days, in the times of old."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"<i>How</i> thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; <i>how</i> thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Through thee will we push down our enemies: 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 enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Thou hast given us like sheep <i>appointed</i> for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase <i>thy wealth</i> 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 heathen, a shaking of the head among the people."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"My confusion <i>is</i> continually 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 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":"Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out 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 <i>us</i> not off for ever."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Wherefore hidest thou thy face, <i>and</i> 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":"Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 44 (KJV)","markdown":"[Psalms 44](https://primebible.com/kjv/psalms/44)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/psalms/44 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}