Psalm 44 JPS Tanakh (1917)
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- Numbers like (22-2) in the text give the Hebrew verse numbering where it differs.
1 (44-1) For the Leader; a Psalm of the sons of Korah. Maschil. (44-2) O God, we have heard with our ears, our fathers have told us; a work Thou didst in their days, in the days of old.
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 (44-3) Thou with Thy hand didst drive out the nations, and didst plant them in; Thou didst break the peoples, and didst spread them abroad.
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 (44-4) For not by their own sword did they get the land in possession, neither did their own arm save them; but Thy right hand, and Thine arm, and the light of Thy countenance, because Thou wast favourable unto 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 (44-5) Thou art my King, O God; command the salvation of Jacob.
4 Tú, oh Dios, eres mi rey: manda saludes á Jacob.
4 God, you are my King. Command victories for Jacob!
5 (44-6) Through Thee do we push down our adversaries; through Thy name do we tread them under that rise up against us.
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 (44-7) For I trust not in my bow, neither can my sword 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 (44-8) But Thou hast saved us from our adversaries, and hast put them to shame that 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 (44-9) In God have we gloried all the day, and we will give thanks unto Thy name for ever. 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 (44-10) Yet Thou hast cast off, and brought us to confusion; and goest not forth with our hosts.
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 (44-11) Thou makest us to turn back from the adversary; and they that hate us spoil at their will.
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 (44-12) Thou hast given us like sheep to be eaten; and hast scattered us among the 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 (44-13) Thou sellest Thy people for small gain, and hast not set their prices high.
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 (44-14) Thou makest us a taunt to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about 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 (44-15) Thou makest us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.
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 (44-16) All the day is my confusion before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
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 (44-17) For the voice of him that taunteth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and the revengeful.
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 (44-18) All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten Thee, neither have we been false to Thy covenant.
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 (44-19) Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from Thy path;
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 (44-20) Though Thou hast crushed us into a place of jackals, and covered us with the shadow 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 (44-21) If we had forgotten the name of our God, or spread forth our hands to a strange god;
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 (44-22) Would not God search this out? For He knoweth the secrets of the heart.
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 (44-23) Nay, but for Thy sake are we killed all the day; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
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 (44-24) Awake, why sleepest Thou, O Lord? Arouse Thyself, cast not off for ever.
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 (44-25) Wherefore hidest Thou Thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
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 (44-26) For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
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 (44-27) Arise for our help, and redeem us for Thy mercy's sake.
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
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“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)