Liber Psalmorum, 44

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0. To the choirmaster. A Maskil of the Sons of Korah.

1. Magistro chori. Filiorum Core. Maskil.

1. We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what deeds thou didst perform in their days, in the days of old:

2. Deus, auribus nostris audivimus; patres nostri annuntiaverunt nobis opus, quod operatus es in diebus eorum, in diebus antiquis.

2. thou with thy own hand didst drive out the nations, but them thou didst plant; thou didst afflict the peoples, but them thou didst set free;

3. Tu manu tua gentes depulisti et plantasti illos, afflixisti populos et dilatasti eos.

3. for not by their own sword did they win the land, nor did their own arm give them victory; but thy right hand, and thy arm, and the light of thy countenance; for thou didst delight in them.

4. Nec enim in gladio suo possederunt terram, et brachium eorum non salvavit eos; sed dextera tua et brachium tuum et illuminatio vultus tui, quoniam complacuisti in eis.

4. Thou art my King and my God, who ordainest victories for Jacob.

5. Tu es rex meus et Deus meus, qui mandas salutes Iacob.

5. Through thee we push down our foes; through thy name we tread down our assailants.

6. In te inimicos nostros proiecimus, et in nomine tuo conculcavimus insurgentes in nos. -

6. For not in my bow do I trust, nor can my sword save me.

7. Non enim in arcu meo sperabo, et gladius meus non salvabit me.

7. But thou hast saved us from our foes, and hast put to confusion those who hate us.

8. Tu autem salvasti nos de affligentibus nos et odientes nos confudisti.

8. In God we have boasted continually, and we will give thanks to thy name for ever. [Selah]

9. In Deo gloriabimur tota die et in nomine tuo confitebimur in saeculum.

9. Yet thou hast cast us off and abased us, and hast not gone out with our armies.

10. Nunc autem reppulisti et confudisti nos et non egredieris, Deus, cum virtutibus nostris.

10. Thou hast made us turn back from the foe; and our enemies have gotten spoil.

11. Convertisti nos retrorsum coram inimicis nostris; et, qui oderunt nos, diripuerunt sibi.

11. Thou hast made us like sheep for slaughter, and hast scattered us among the nations.

12. Dedisti nos tamquam oves ad vescendum et in gentibus dispersisti nos.

12. Thou hast sold thy people for a trifle, demanding no high price for them.

13. Vendidisti populum tuum sine lucro nec ditior factus es in commutatione eorum.

13. Thou hast made us the taunt of our neighbors, the derision and scorn of those about us.

14. Posuisti nos opprobrium vicinis nostris, subsannationem et derisum his, qui sunt in circuitu nostro.

14. Thou hast made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.

15. Posuisti nos similitudinem in gentibus, commotionem capitis in populis.

15. All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face,

16. Tota die verecundia mea contra me est, et confusio faciei meae cooperuit me

16. at the words of the taunters and revilers, at the sight of the enemy and the avenger.

17. a voce exprobrantis et obloquentis, a facie inimici et ultoris.

17. All this has come upon us, though we have not forgotten thee, or been false to thy covenant.

18. Haec omnia venerunt super nos, nec obliti sumus te et inique non egimus in testamentum tuum.

18. Our heart has not turned back, nor have our steps departed from thy way,

19. Et non recessit retro cor nostrum, nec declinaverunt gressus nostri a via tua;

19. that thou shouldst have broken us in the place of jackals, and covered us with deep darkness.

20. sed humiliasti nos in loco vulpium et operuisti nos umbra mortis.

20. If we had forgotten the name of our God, or spread forth our hands to a strange god,

21. Si obliti fuerimus nomen Dei nostri et si expanderimus manus nostras ad deum alienum,

21. would not God discover this? For he knows the secrets of the heart.

22. nonne Deus requiret ista? Ipse enim novit abscondita cordis.

22. Nay, for thy sake we are slain all the day long, and accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

23. Quoniam propter te mortificamur tota die, aestimati sumus sicut oves occisionis.

23. Rouse thyself! Why sleepest thou, O Lord? Awake! Do not cast us off for ever!

24. Evigila, quare obdormis, Domine? Exsurge et ne repellas in finem.

24. Why dost thou hide thy face? Why dost thou forget our affliction and oppression?

25. Quare faciem tuam avertis, oblivisceris inopiae nostrae et tribulationis nostrae?

25. For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our body cleaves to the ground.

26. Quoniam humiliata est in pulvere anima nostra, conglutinatus est in terra venter noster. Exsurge, Domine, adiuva nos et redime nos propter misericordiam tuam.

26. Rise up, come to our help! Deliver us for the sake of thy steadfast love!