Psalm 44 Free Bible Version
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- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
1 For the music director. A psalm (maskil) of the sons of Korah. God, we have heard with our own ears—our forefathers have told us—all you did in their times, long ago.
1 Al Músico principal: de los hijos de Coré: Masquil. OH Dios, con nuestros oídos hemos oído, nuestros padres nos han contado, la obra que hiciste en sus días, en los tiempos antiguos.
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 Through your power you drove out the other nations so you could settle our ancestors there; you defeated the nations and you sent our ancestors to occupy the land.
2 Tú con tu mano echaste las gentes, y los plantaste á ellos; afligiste los pueblos, y los arrojaste.
2 You drove out the nations with your hand, but you planted them. You afflicted the peoples, but you spread them abroad.
3 They did not conquer the land using their swords; it was not through their own strength that the victory was won—it was by your strength, your power, and your presence with them, because you loved them.
3 Porque no se apoderaron de la tierra por su espada, ni su brazo los libró; sino tu diestra, y tu brazo, y la luz de tu rostro, porque te complaciste en ellos.
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 God, you are my King; command victories for Jacob!
4 Tú, oh Dios, eres mi rey: manda saludes á Jacob.
4 God, you are my King. Command victories for Jacob!
5 Only through you can we repel our enemies; only in your name can we defeat our opponents.
5 Por medio de ti sacudiremos á nuestros enemigos: en tu nombre atropellaremos á nuestros adversarios.
5 Through you, we will push down our adversaries. Through your name, we will tread down those who rise up against us.
6 I do not trust my bow; I do not have confidence in my sword to save me.
6 Porque no confiaré en mi arco, ni mi espada me salvará.
6 For I will not trust in my bow, neither will my sword save me.
7 You are the one who saves us from our enemies; you defeat those who hate us.
7 Pues tú nos has guardado de nuestros enemigos, y has avergonzado á los que nos aborrecían.
7 But you have saved us from our adversaries, and have shamed those who hate us.
8 God, we proudly thank you all day long, and praise your name forever. Selah.
8 En Dios nos gloriaremos todo tiempo, y para siempre loaremos tu nombre. (Selah.)
8 In God we have made our boast all day long. We will give thanks to your name forever. Selah.
9 But now you have rejected and disgraced us; you no longer accompany our armies.
9 Empero [nos] has desechado, y nos has hecho avergonzar; y no sales en nuestros ejércitos.
9 But now you rejected us, and brought us to dishonor, and don’t go out with our armies.
10 You made us run from our enemies, and those who hate us have taken whatever they wanted.
10 Nos hiciste retroceder del enemigo, y saqueáron[nos] para sí los que nos aborrecían.
10 You make us turn back from the adversary. Those who hate us take plunder for themselves.
11 You have handed us over like sheep to be slaughtered; you have scattered us among the other nations.
11 Pusístenos como á ovejas para comida, y esparcístenos entre las gentes.
11 You have made us like sheep for food, and have scattered us among the nations.
12 You have sold your own people for next to nothing, making no profit on the sale.
12 Has vendido tu pueblo de balde, y no pujaste en sus precios.
12 You sell your people for nothing, and have gained nothing from their sale.
13 You have made a mockery of us before our neighbors, we are ridiculed and laughed at by those around us.
13 Pusístenos por vergüenza á nuestros vecinos, por escarnio y por burla á los que nos rodean.
13 You make us a reproach to our neighbors, a scoffing and a derision to those who are around us.
14 You have made us a joke to the other nations; they scornfully shake their heads at us.
14 Pusístenos por proverbio entre las gentes, por movimiento de cabeza en los pueblos.
14 You make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.
15 We are humiliated all day long; we hold our heads in shame,
15 Cada día mi vergüenza está delante de mí, y cúbreme la confusión de mi rostro,
15 All day long my dishonor is before me, and shame covers my face,
16 because of all the insults from the people mocking us, because our vengeful enemies are right in front of us.
16 Por la voz del que [me] vitupera y deshonra, por razón del enemigo y del que se venga.
16 at the taunt of one who reproaches and verbally abuses, because of the enemy and the avenger.
17 All this has happened to us even though we didn't forget you; we haven't been unfaithful to the promises we made to you.
17 Todo esto nos ha venido, y no nos hemos olvidado de ti; y no hemos faltado á tu pacto.
17 All this has come on us, yet we haven’t forgotten you. We haven’t been false to your covenant.
18 We have not turned away from you, not in thought, nor in action.
18 No se ha vuelto atrás nuestro corazón, ni tampoco se han apartado nuestros pasos de tus caminos.
18 Our heart has not turned back, neither have our steps strayed from your path,
19 Even so, you crushed us, and made us into a jackal's den. You have covered us with the darkness of death.
19 Cuando nos quebrantaste en el lugar de los dragones, y nos cubriste con sombra de muerte,
19 though you have crushed us in the haunt of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.
20 If we had forgotten the name of our God, or worshiped other gods,
20 Si nos hubiésemos olvidado del nombre de nuestro Dios, ó alzado nuestras manos á dios ajeno,
20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, or spread out our hands to a strange god,
21 wouldn't God have been aware of this, because he knows everyone's thoughts?
21 ¿No demandaría Dios esto? porque él conoce los secretos del corazón.
21 won’t God search this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart.
22 But because of you we are killed all day long; we're considered just sheep to be slaughtered.
22 Empero por tu causa nos matan cada día; somos tenidos como ovejas para el matadero.
22 Yes, for your sake we are killed all day long. We are regarded as sheep for the slaughter.
23 Lord, wake up! Why are you sleeping? Get up! Don't turn your back on us forever!
23 Despierta; ¿por qué duermes, Señor? Despierta, no te alejes para siempre.
23 Wake up! Why do you sleep, Lord? Arise! Don’t reject us forever.
24 Why do you look away from us and take no notice of our suffering and misery?
24 ¿Por qué escondes tu rostro, y te olvidas de nuestra aflicción, y de la opresión nuestra?
24 Why do you hide your face, and forget our affliction and our oppression?
25 We lie ruined in the dust, our bodies facedown in the dirt.
25 Porque nuestra alma está agobiada hasta el polvo: nuestro vientre está pegado con la tierra.
25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust. Our body clings to the earth.
26 Stand up! Come and help us! Save us because of your trustworthy love!
26 Levántate para ayudarnos, y redímenos por tu misericordia.
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.
- 1 Psalm 78:3–6; Exodus 13:14–15; Deuteronomy 6:20; Judges 6:13; Joel 1:3
- 2 Exodus 15:17; Psalm 78:55; Joshua 11:23; 2 Samuel 7:10; Psalm 135:10–12
- 3 Deuteronomy 7:7–8; Deuteronomy 8:17–18; Joshua 24:12; Zechariah 4:6; 2 Corinthians 4:7
- 4 Psalm 74:12; Psalm 42:8; Psalm 149:2; Psalm 89:18; Mark 9:25
- 5 Psalm 108:13; Psalm 60:12; Psalm 118:10–13; Philippians 4:13; Deuteronomy 33:17
- 6 Hosea 1:7; Psalm 20:7; 1 Samuel 17:47; Psalm 33:16–17
- 7 Psalm 136:24; Psalm 140:7; Joshua 1:5; Psalm 132:18; Joshua 23:9–10
- 8 Psalm 34:2; Jeremiah 9:24; 1 Corinthians 1:29–31; Romans 2:17; Psalm 30:12
- 9 Psalm 74:1; Psalm 60:10; Psalm 108:11; Psalm 60:1; Psalm 43:2
- 10 Joshua 7:8; Leviticus 26:17; Joshua 7:12; Psalm 89:41; Deuteronomy 28:25
- 11 Deuteronomy 4:27; Deuteronomy 28:64; Ezekiel 34:12; Romans 8:36; Isaiah 11:11–12
- 12 Jeremiah 15:13; Deuteronomy 32:30; Isaiah 52:3–4; Judges 2:14; Isaiah 50:1
- 13 Psalm 79:4; Psalm 80:6; Jeremiah 24:9; Deuteronomy 28:37; Jeremiah 48:27
- 14 Jeremiah 24:9; Job 16:4; Job 17:6; Deuteronomy 28:37; 2 Kings 19:21
- 15 Psalm 69:7; Jeremiah 51:51; 2 Chronicles 32:21; Psalm 71:13; Joshua 7:7–9
- 16 Psalm 8:2; Psalm 74:22–23; Psalm 74:18; Psalm 74:10; Isaiah 37:17
- 17 Daniel 9:13; Deuteronomy 6:12; Deuteronomy 8:14; Ezekiel 16:59; Psalm 78:57
- 18 Psalm 119:51; Psalm 119:157; Psalm 78:57; Zephaniah 1:6; Job 23:11–12
- 19 Psalm 23:4; Job 3:5; Psalm 51:8; Jeremiah 14:17; Job 30:29
- 20 Psalm 81:9; Job 11:13; Deuteronomy 6:14; Psalm 7:3–5; Psalm 68:31
- 21 Jeremiah 17:10; Jeremiah 23:24; Ecclesiastes 12:14; Job 34:21–22; Job 31:4
- 22 Romans 8:36; Isaiah 53:7; Psalm 44:11; John 16:2–3; 1 Corinthians 4:9
- 23 Psalm 7:6; Psalm 78:65; Psalm 77:7; Psalm 88:14; Psalm 35:23
- 24 Job 13:24; Deuteronomy 32:20; Psalm 42:9; Psalm 13:1; Psalm 74:23
- 25 Psalm 119:25; Lamentations 4:5; Psalm 66:11–12; Isaiah 51:23
- 26 Psalm 130:7–8; Psalm 25:22; Psalm 26:11; Psalm 35:2
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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).
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).
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)
… 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)