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Psalm 43 (44) Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899

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Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · Psalm 44 · About the recordings

Notes on this text (2)

Psalm 43 in DRB = Psalm 44 in WEB.

DRB Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
1 Unto the end, for the sons of Core, to give understanding.
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.
2 We have heard, O God, with our ears: our fathers have declared to us, The work, thou hast wrought in their days, and in the days of old.
44:2 You drove out the nations with your hand, but you planted them. You afflicted the peoples, but you spread them abroad.
3 Thy hand destroyed the Gentiles, and thou plantedst them: thou didst afflict the people and cast them out.
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.
4 For they got not the possession of the land by their own sword: neither did their own arm save them. But thy right hand and thy arm, and the light of thy countenance: because thou wast pleased with them.
44:4 God, you are my King. Command victories for Jacob!
5 Thou art thyself my king and my God, who commandest the saving of Jacob.
44:5 Through you, we will push down our adversaries. Through your name, we will tread down those who rise up against us.
6 Through thee we will push down our enemies with the horn: and through thy name we will despise them that rise up against us.
44:6 For I will not trust in my bow, neither will my sword save me.
7 For I will not trust in my bow: neither shall my sword save me.
44:7 But you have saved us from our adversaries, and have shamed those who hate us.
8 But thou hast saved us from them that afflict us: and hast put them to shame that hate us.
44:8 In God we have made our boast all day long. We will give thanks to your name forever. Selah.
9 In God shall we glory all the day long: and in thy name we will give praise for ever.
44:9 But now you rejected us, and brought us to dishonor, and don’t go out with our armies.
10 But now thou hast cast us off, and put us to shame: and thou, O God, wilt not go out with our armies.
44:10 You make us turn back from the adversary. Those who hate us take plunder for themselves.
11 Thou hast made us turn our back to our enemies: and they that hated us plundered for themselves.
44:11 You have made us like sheep for food, and have scattered us among the nations.
12 Thou hast given us up like sheep to be eaten: thou hast scattered us among the nations.
44:12 You sell your people for nothing, and have gained nothing from their sale.
13 Thou hast sold thy people for no price: and there was no reckoning in the exchange of them.
44:13 You make us a reproach to our neighbors, a scoffing and a derision to those who are around us.
14 Thou hast made us a reproach to our neighbours, a scoff and derision to them that are round about us.
44:14 You make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.
15 Thou hast made us a byword among the Gentiles: a shaking of the head among the people.
44:15 All day long my dishonor is before me, and shame covers my face,
16 All the day long my shame is before me: and the confusion of my face hath covered me,
44:16 at the taunt of one who reproaches and verbally abuses, because of the enemy and the avenger.
17 At the voice of him that reproacheth and detracteth me: at the face of the enemy and persecutor.
44:17 All this has come on us, yet we haven’t forgotten you. We haven’t been false to your covenant.
18 All these things have come upon us, yet we have not forgotten thee: and we have not done wickedly in they covenant.
44:18 Our heart has not turned back, neither have our steps strayed from your path,
19 And our heart hath not turned back: neither hast thou turned aside our steps from thy way.
44:19 though you have crushed us in the haunt of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.
20 For thou hast humbled us in the place of affliction: and the shadow of death hath covered us.
44:20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, or spread out our hands to a strange god,
21 If we have forgotten the name of our God, and if we have spread forth our hands to a strange god:
44:21 won’t God search this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart.
22 Shall not God search out these things: for he knoweth the secrets of the heart. Because for thy sake we are killed all the day long: we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
44:22 Yes, for your sake we are killed all day long. We are regarded as sheep for the slaughter.
23 Arise, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, and cast us not off to the end.
44:23 Wake up! Why do you sleep, Lord? Arise! Don’t reject us forever.
24 Why turnest thou face away? and forgettest our want and our trouble?
44:24 Why do you hide your face, and forget our affliction and our oppression?
25 For our soul is humbled down to the dust: our belly cleaveth to the earth.
44:25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust. Our body clings to the earth.
26 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 (26)

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 DRB.

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