Psalm 44 – NIRV & CCB

New International Reader’s Version

Psalm 44:1-26

Psalm 44

For the director of music. A maskil of the Sons of Korah.

1God, we have heard what you did.

Those who came before us have told us

what you did in their days,

in days long ago.

2By your power you drove out the nations.

You gave our people homes in the land.

You crushed the people who were there.

And you made our people do well.

3They didn’t win the land with their swords.

They didn’t gain success by their own power.

Your powerful right hand and your mighty arm gave them victory.

You gave them success because you loved them.

4You are my King and my God.

You give victories to the people of Jacob.

5With your help we push back our enemies.

By your power we walk all over them.

6I put no trust in my bow.

My sword doesn’t bring me victory.

7But you give us victory over our enemies.

You put them to shame.

8All day long we talk about how great God is.

We will praise your name forever.

9But now you have turned your back on us and made us humble.

You don’t march out with our armies anymore.

10You made us turn and run from our enemies.

They have taken what belongs to us.

11You handed us over to be eaten up like sheep.

You have scattered us among the nations.

12You sold your people for very little.

You didn’t gain anything when you sold them.

13You have made us something that our neighbors laugh at.

Those who live around us make fun of us and tease us.

14The nations make jokes about us.

They shake their heads at us.

15All day long I have to live with my shame.

My face is covered with it.

16That’s because they laugh at me and attack me with their words.

They want to get even with me.

17All of this happened to us,

even though we had not forgotten you.

We had not broken the covenant you made with us.

18Our hearts had not turned away from you.

Our feet had not wandered from your path.

19But you crushed us and left us to the wild dogs.

You covered us over with deep darkness.

20We didn’t forget our God.

We didn’t spread out our hands in prayer to a false god.

21If we had, God would have discovered it.

He knows the secrets of our hearts.

22But because of you, we face death all day long.

We are considered as sheep to be killed.

23Lord, wake up! Why are you sleeping?

Get up! Don’t say no to us forever.

24Why do you turn your face away from us?

Why do you forget our pain and troubles?

25We are brought down to the dust.

Our bodies lie flat on the ground.

26Rise up and help us.

Save us because of your faithful love.

Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)

诗篇 44:1-26

第 44 篇

祈求上帝保护

可拉后裔作的训诲诗,交给乐长。

1上帝啊,

我们亲耳听过祖先讲述你在古时,

在我们祖先时代的作为。

2你亲手赶出外族,

把我们的祖先安置在那里;

你击溃列邦,

使我们的祖先兴旺发达。

3他们不是靠自己的刀剑征服那里,

不是靠自己的臂膀得胜,

而是靠你的权能、力量和恩惠,

因为你爱他们。

4你是我的君王,我的上帝;

你让雅各得胜。

5我们靠你击退敌人,

靠你的名践踏仇敌。

6我不倚靠我的弓,

我的剑不能使我得胜。

7只有你使我们战胜敌人,

使我们的仇敌蒙羞。

8上帝啊,我们终日以你为荣,

我们永远赞美你。(细拉)

9现在你却丢弃我们,

让我们受辱,

不再帮我们的军队作战。

10你使我们在仇敌面前败退,

遭敌人掳掠。

11你使我们如被宰杀的羊,

将我们分散在列国。

12你把我们廉价卖掉,

视我们一文不值。

13你使我们遭四邻辱骂,

被周围人讥讽、嘲笑。

14你使我们成为列国的笑柄,

人们对我们连连摇头。

15我终日受辱,满面羞愧,

16因为咒骂和毁谤我的人讥笑我,仇敌报复我。

17虽然这一切临到我们身上,

我们却没有忘记你,

也没有违背你的约。

18我们对你没有异心,

也没有偏离你的道路。

19你在豺狼出没的地方压碎我们,

使死亡的阴影笼罩我们。

20倘若我们忘记我们的上帝,

或举手向外邦的神明祷告,

21上帝怎会不知道呢?

祂洞悉人心中的秘密。

22为了你,我们终日出生入死,

被视为待宰的羊。

23主啊,求你醒来,

你为何沉睡?

求你起来,不要永远丢弃我们。

24你为何掩面不理我们,

不理会我们所受的苦难和压迫?

25我们扑倒在地,横卧在尘土中。

26求你起来帮助我们,

施慈爱救赎我们。