Psalms 44 - Compare Translations
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Psalms 44:1
KJVWe have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.
WEBWe have heard with our ears, God;
YLTTo the Overseer. -- By sons of Korah. An Instruction. O God, with our ears we have heard, Our fathers have recounted to us, The work Thou didst work in their days, In the days of old.
Psalms 44:2
KJVHow thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.
WEBYou drove out the nations with your hand,
YLTThou, [with] Thy hand, nations hast dispossessed. And Thou dost plant them. Thou afflictest peoples, and sendest them away.
Psalms 44:3
KJVFor 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.
WEBFor they didn’t get the land in possession by their own sword,
YLTFor, not by their sword Possessed they the land, And their arm gave not salvation to them, But Thy right hand, and Thine arm, And the light of Thy countenance, Because Thou hadst accepted them.
Psalms 44:4
KJVThou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.
WEBYou are my King, God.
YLTThou [art] He, my king, O God, Command the deliverances of Jacob.
Psalms 44:5
KJVThrough thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
WEBThrough you, will we push down our adversaries.
YLTBy Thee our adversaries we do push, By Thy name tread down our withstanders,
Psalms 44:6
KJVFor I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
WEBFor I will not trust in my bow,
YLTFor, not in my bow do I trust, And my sword doth not save me.
Psalms 44:7
KJVBut thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.
WEBBut you have saved us from our adversaries,
YLTFor Thou hast saved us from our adversaries, And those hating us Thou hast put to shame.
Psalms 44:8
KJVIn God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah.
WEBIn God we have made our boast all day long,
YLTIn God we have boasted all the day, And Thy name to the age we thank. Selah.
Psalms 44:9
KJVBut thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.
WEBBut now you rejected us, and brought us to dishonor,
YLTIn anger Thou hast cast off and causest us to blush, And goest not forth with our hosts.
Psalms 44:10
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Psalms 44:11
KJVThou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen.
WEBYou have made us like sheep for food,
YLTThou makest us food like sheep, And among nations Thou hast scattered us.
Psalms 44:12
KJVThou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.
WEBYou sell your people for nothing,
YLTThou sellest Thy people -- without wealth, And hast not become great by their price.
Psalms 44:13
KJVThou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
WEBYou make us a reproach to our neighbors,
YLTThou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, A scorn and a reproach to our surrounders.
Psalms 44:14
KJVThou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
WEBYou make us a byword among the nations,
YLTThou makest us a simile among nations, A shaking of the head among peoples.
Psalms 44:15
KJVMy confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
WEBAll day long my dishonor is before me,
YLTAll the day my confusion [is] before me, And the shame of my face hath covered me.
Psalms 44:16
KJVFor the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger.
WEBAt the taunt of one who reproaches and verbally abuses,
YLTBecause of the voice of a reproacher and reviler, Because of an enemy and a self-avenger.
Psalms 44:17
KJVAll this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
WEBAll this has come on us,
YLTAll this met us, and we did not forget Thee, Nor have we dealt falsely in Thy covenant.
Psalms 44:18
KJVOur heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;
WEBOur heart has not turned back,
YLTWe turn not backward our heart, Nor turn aside doth our step from Thy path.
Psalms 44:19
KJVThough thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.
WEBThough you have crushed us in the haunt of jackals,
YLTBut Thou hast smitten us in a place of dragons, And dost cover us over with death-shade.
Psalms 44:20
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Psalms 44:21
KJVShall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
WEBwon’t God search this out?
YLTDoth not God search out this? For He knoweth the secrets of the heart.
Psalms 44:22
KJVYea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
WEBYes, for your sake we are killed all day long.
YLTSurely, for Thy sake we have been slain all the day, Reckoned as sheep of the slaughter.
Psalms 44:23
KJVAwake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.
WEBWake up!
YLTStir up -- why dost Thou sleep, O Lord? Awake, cast us not off for ever.
Psalms 44:24
KJVWherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
WEBWhy do you hide your face,
YLTWhy Thy face hidest Thou? Thou forgettest our afflictions and our oppression,
Psalms 44:25
KJVFor our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
WEBFor our soul is bowed down to the dust.
YLTFor bowed to the dust hath our soul, Cleaved to the earth hath our belly.
Psalms 44:26
KJVArise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake.
WEBRise up to help us.
YLTArise, a help to us, And ransom us for thy kindness' sake.
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