Psalm 44
Chant Psalter
Natural Speech Rhythm
DEUS, AURIBUS.
1 We have heard with our ears, O God, our | 3 fathers have | told us ||
what thou hast | done • in their | time of | old; ||
2 How thou hast driven out the heathen with thy hand, and | planted • them | in ||
how thou hast destroyed the | nations • and | cast them | out. ||
3 For they gat not the land in possession through their | own | sword ||
neither was it their | own | arm that | helped them; ||
4 But thy right hand, and thine arm, and the | 3 light of thy | counte•nance ||
be- | cause thou | hadst a | favour • unto them. ||
*§ 5 3 Thou | art my | King, ||
Or, 5 Thou art my | King, O | God: ||
send | help | unto | Jacob. ||
O | God: * send | help • unto | Jacob. ||
6 Through thee will we over- | throw our | ene•mies ||
and in thy Name will we tread them | 3 under, that | rise • up a- | gainst us. ||
7 For I will not trust in my bow, * it is not my | sword • that shall | help me; ||
8 But it is thou that savest us from our enemies, * and | puttest them • to con- | 3 fusion that | hate us. ||
9 We make our boast of God | all day | long ||
and will | praise thy | Name for | ever. ||
10 But now thou art far off, and | puttest us • to con- | fusion ||
and | goest • not | forth • with our | armies. ||
11 Thou makest us to turn our | backs up•on our | ene•mies ||
so that they which | hate us | spoil our | goods. ||
12 Thou lettest us be eaten up like sheep, and hast scattered us a- | mong the | heathen. ||
13 Thou sellest thy people for | nought and | 3 takest no | money • for them. ||
14 Thou makest us to be re- | buked • of our | neighbours ||
to be laughed to scorn, and had in derision of | them • that are | round a- | bout us. ||
15 Thou makest us to be a byword a- | mong the | heathen ||
and that the | people | shake their | heads • at us. ||
16 My confusion is daily before me, * and the shame of my | face hath | covered • me; ||
17 For the voice of the slanderer and blasphemer, * for the | ene•my | and a- | venger. ||
18 And though all this be come upon us, yet do we | not for- | get thee ||
nor behave ourselves | 3 frowardly | in thy | cove•nant. ||
19 Our heart is | not turned | back ||
neither our | steps gone | 3 out of thy | way; ||
20 No, not when thou hast smitten us into the | place of | dragons ||
and | covered us • with the | 3 shadow of | death. ||
21 If we have forgotten the Name of our God, * and holden up our hands to | any • strange | god ||
shall not God search it out? * for he knoweth the very | secrets | of the | heart. ||
2nd half
22 For thy sake also are we killed | all the • day | long ||
and are counted as | sheep ap- | pointed • to be | slain. ||
23 Up, Lord, why sleepest thou? * awake, and be not absent 3 from | us for | ever. ||
24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face and for- | 3 gettest our | miser•y and | trouble? ||
25 For our soul is brought low, even unto the dust: * our belly cleaveth | 3 unto the | ground. ||
26 Arise, and help us, and de- | liver • us | for thy | mercy's • sake. ||
Glory | be • to the | Father, ||
and to the Son, | and • to the | Holy | Ghost; ||
As it | was in • the be- | ginning, ||
is now, and ever shall be, * | world with•out | end. A- | men. ||
