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Psalm 43 (44) Brenton's English Septuagint

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  • OT: Septuagint (Greek)
  • Septuagint Old Testament (no New Testament)
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  • 1844
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Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · Psalm 44 · About the recordings

Notes on this text (3)

Psalm 43 in Brenton = Psalm 44 in WEB.

Brenton Brenton's English Septuagint
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
1 For the end, a Psalm for instruction, for the sons of Core.
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2 O God, we have heard with our ears, our fathers have told us, the work which thou wroughtest in their days, in the days of old.
44:1 For the Chief Musician. By the sons of Korah. A contemplative psalm. We have heard with our ears, God; our fathers have told us what work you did in their days, in the days of old.
3 Thine hand utterly destroyed the heathen, and thou didst plant them: thou didst afflict the nations, and cast them out.
44:2 You drove out the nations with your hand, but you planted them. You afflicted the peoples, but you spread them abroad.
4 For they inherited not the land by their [own] sword, and their [own] arm did not deliver them; but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou wert well pleased in them.
44:3 For they didn’t get the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them; but your right hand, your arm, and the light of your face, because you were favorable to them.
5 Thou art indeed my King and my God, who commandest deliverances for Jacob.
44:4 God, you are my King. Command victories for Jacob!
6 In thee will we push down our enemies, and in thy name will we bring to nought them that rise up against us.
44:5 Through you, we will push down our adversaries. Through your name, we will tread down those who rise up against us.
7 For I will not trust in my bow, and my sword shall not save me.
44:6 For I will not trust in my bow, neither will my sword save me.
8 For thou hast saved us from them that afflicted us, and hast put to shame them that hated us.
44:7 But you have saved us from our adversaries, and have shamed those who hate us.
9 In God will we make our boast all the day, and to thy name will we give thanks for ever. Pause.
44:8 In God we have made our boast all day long. We will give thanks to your name forever. Selah.
10 But now thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and thou wilt not go forth with our hosts.
44:9 But now you rejected us, and brought us to dishonor, and don’t go out with our armies.
11 Thou hast turned us back before our enemies; and they that hated us spoiled for themselves.
44:10 You make us turn back from the adversary. Those who hate us take plunder for themselves.
12 Thou madest us as sheep for meat; and thou scatteredst us among the nations.
44:11 You have made us like sheep for food, and have scattered us among the nations.
13 Thou hast sold thy people without price, and there was no profit by their exchange.
44:12 You sell your people for nothing, and have gained nothing from their sale.
14 Thou hast made us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.
44:13 You make us a reproach to our neighbors, a scoffing and a derision to those who are around us.
15 Thou hast made us a proverb among the Gentiles, a shaking of the head among the nations.
44:14 You make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.
16 All the day my shame is before me, and the confusion of my face has covered me,
44:15 All day long my dishonor is before me, and shame covers my face,
17 because of the voice of the slanderer and reviler; because of the enemy and avenger.
44:16 at the taunt of one who reproaches and verbally abuses, because of the enemy and the avenger.
18 All these things are come upon us: but we have not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt unrighteously in thy covenant.
44:17 All this has come on us, yet we haven’t forgotten you. We haven’t been false to your covenant.
19 And our heart has not gone back; but thou hast turned aside our paths from thy way.
44:18 Our heart has not turned back, neither have our steps strayed from your path,
20 For thou hast laid us low in a place of affliction, and the shadow of death has covered us.
44:19 though you have crushed us in the haunt of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.
21 If we have forgotten the name of our God, and if we have spread out our hands to a strange god; shall not God search these things out?
44:20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, or spread out our hands to a strange god,
22 for he knows the secrets of the heart.
44:21 won’t God search this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart.
23 For, for thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for slaughter.
44:22 Yes, for your sake we are killed all day long. We are regarded as sheep for the slaughter.
24 Awake, wherefore sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, and do not cast [us] off for ever.
44:23 Wake up! Why do you sleep, Lord? Arise! Don’t reject us forever.
25 Wherefore turnest thou thy face away, [and] forgettest our poverty and our affliction?
44:24 Why do you hide your face, and forget our affliction and our oppression?
26 For our soul has been brought down to the dust; our belly has cleaved to the earth.
44:25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust. Our body clings to the earth.
27 Arise, O Lord, help us, and redeem us for thy name's sake.
44:26 Rise up to help us. Redeem us for your loving kindness’ sake.
Cross references (27)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info. References use English (Hebrew-based) verse numbers; links open the passage in Brenton.

  1. 1 Psalm 78:3–6; Exodus 13:14–15; Deuteronomy 6:20; Judges 6:13; Joel 1:3
  2. 2 Psalm 78:3–6; Exodus 13:14–15; Deuteronomy 6:20; Judges 6:13; Joel 1:3
  3. 3 Exodus 15:17; Psalm 78:55; Joshua 11:23; 2 Samuel 7:10; Psalm 135:10–12
  4. 4 Deuteronomy 7:7–8; Deuteronomy 8:17–18; Joshua 24:12; Zechariah 4:6; 2 Corinthians 4:7
  5. 5 Psalm 74:12; Psalm 42:8; Psalm 149:2; Psalm 89:18; Mark 9:25
  6. 6 Psalm 108:13; Psalm 60:12; Psalm 118:10–13; Philippians 4:13; Deuteronomy 33:17
  7. 7 Hosea 1:7; Psalm 20:7; 1 Samuel 17:47; Psalm 33:16–17
  8. 8 Psalm 136:24; Psalm 140:7; Joshua 1:5; Psalm 132:18; Joshua 23:9–10
  9. 9 Psalm 34:2; Jeremiah 9:24; 1 Corinthians 1:29–31; Romans 2:17; Psalm 30:12
  10. 10 Psalm 74:1; Psalm 60:10; Psalm 108:11; Psalm 60:1; Psalm 43:2
  11. 11 Joshua 7:8; Leviticus 26:17; Joshua 7:12; Psalm 89:41; Deuteronomy 28:25
  12. 12 Deuteronomy 4:27; Deuteronomy 28:64; Ezekiel 34:12; Romans 8:36; Isaiah 11:11–12
  13. 13 Jeremiah 15:13; Deuteronomy 32:30; Isaiah 52:3–4; Judges 2:14; Isaiah 50:1
  14. 14 Psalm 79:4; Psalm 80:6; Jeremiah 24:9; Deuteronomy 28:37; Jeremiah 48:27
  15. 15 Jeremiah 24:9; Job 16:4; Job 17:6; Deuteronomy 28:37; 2 Kings 19:21
  16. 16 Psalm 69:7; Jeremiah 51:51; 2 Chronicles 32:21; Psalm 71:13; Joshua 7:7–9
  17. 17 Psalm 8:2; Psalm 74:22–23; Psalm 74:18; Psalm 74:10; Isaiah 37:17
  18. 18 Daniel 9:13; Deuteronomy 6:12; Deuteronomy 8:14; Ezekiel 16:59; Psalm 78:57
  19. 19 Psalm 119:51; Psalm 119:157; Psalm 78:57; Zephaniah 1:6; Job 23:11–12
  20. 20 Psalm 23:4; Job 3:5; Psalm 51:8; Jeremiah 14:17; Job 30:29
  21. 21 Psalm 81:9; Job 11:13; Deuteronomy 6:14; Psalm 7:3–5; Psalm 68:31
  22. 22 Jeremiah 17:10; Jeremiah 23:24; Ecclesiastes 12:14; Job 34:21–22; Job 31:4
  23. 23 Romans 8:36; Isaiah 53:7; Psalm 44:11; John 16:2–3; 1 Corinthians 4:9
  24. 24 Psalm 7:6; Psalm 78:65; Psalm 77:7; Psalm 88:14; Psalm 35:23
  25. 25 Job 13:24; Deuteronomy 32:20; Psalm 42:9; Psalm 13:1; Psalm 74:23
  26. 26 Psalm 119:25; Lamentations 4:5; Psalm 66:11–12; Isaiah 51:23
  27. 27 Psalm 130:7–8; Psalm 25:22; Psalm 26:11; Psalm 35:2

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

Articles and answers on this site that cite Psalm 44 (Hebrew/English numbering).

What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations). Verse numbers below follow the Hebrew/English numbering: 44.

How these were chosen

“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Commentary Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms (Psalm XLIII)

    This Psalm is a short one; it satisfies the mental cravings of the hearers, without imposing too severe a trial on the hunger of those fasting.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)

  2. Quotes verse 44:9 Basil of Caesarea, On the Holy Spirit (Chapters XXV–XXVI)

    … of with; as for instance, "I will go into thy house in burnt offerings," instead of with burnt offerings and "he brought them forth also by silver and gold," that is to say with silver and gold and "thou goest not forth in our armies" instead of with our armies, and innumerable similar passages.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)