{"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/web/psalms/44","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T02:37:15.776Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":44,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":43,"nextChapter":45,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":26},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"We have heard with our ears, God; our fathers have told us, what work you did in their days, in the days of old."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"You drove out the nations with your hand, but you planted them. You afflicted the peoples, but you spread them abroad."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For they didn't get the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them; but your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your face, because you were favorable to them."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"You are my King, God. Command victories for Jacob!"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Through you, will we push down our adversaries. Through your name, will we tread them under who 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 you have saved us from our adversaries, and have shamed those who hate us."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"In God we have made our boast all day long, we will give thanks to your name forever. Selah."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"But now you rejected us, and brought us to dishonor, and don't go out with our armies."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"You make us turn back from the adversary. Those who hate us take spoil for themselves."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"You have made us like sheep for food, and have scattered us among the nations."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"You sell your people for nothing, and have gained nothing from their sale."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"You make us a reproach to our neighbors, a scoffing and a derision to those who are around us."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"You make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"All day long my dishonor is before me, and shame covers my face,"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"At the taunt of one who reproaches and verbally abuses, because of the enemy and the avenger."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"All this has come on us, yet have we not forgotten you, Neither have we been false to your covenant."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Our heart has not turned back, neither have our steps strayed from your path,"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Though you have crushed us in the haunt 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":"won't God search this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Yes, for your sake we are killed all day long. We are regarded as sheep for the slaughter."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Wake up! Why do you sleep, Lord? Arise! Don't reject us forever."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Why do you hide your face, and forget our affliction and our oppression?"},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"For our soul is bowed down to the dust. Our body clings to the earth."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"Rise up to help us. Redeem us for your loving kindness' sake. For the Chief Musician. Set to |The Lilies.| A contemplation by the sons of Korah. A wedding song."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 44 (WEB)","markdown":"[Psalms 44](https://primebible.com/web/psalms/44)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/psalms/44 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}