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.
Zabbuli 44
Ya mukulu wa bayimbi. Zabbuli ya Batabani ba Koola.
144:1 Kuv 12:26; Zab 78:3Ayi Katonda, twawulira n’amatu gaffe,
bajjajjaffe baatubuulira,
ebyo bye wakola mu biro byabwe,
mu nnaku ez’edda ezaayita.
244:2 a Zab 78:55 b Kuv 15:17 c Zab 80:9Nga bwe wagoba amawanga mu nsi
n’ogiwa bajjajjaffe,
wasaanyaawo amawanga
n’okulaakulanya bajjajjaffe.
344:3 a Ma 8:17; Yos 24:12 b Zab 77:15 c Ma 4:37; 7:7-8Ekitala kyabwe si kye kyabaleetera okuwangula ensi,
n’omukono gwabwe si gwe gwabalokola;
wabula baawangula n’omukono gwo ogwa ddyo
awamu n’obulungi bwo, kubanga wabaagala.
444:4 Zab 74:12Ggwe oli Kabaka wange, era Katonda wange;
awa Yakobo obuwanguzi.
544:5 Zab 108:13Ku lulwo tunaawangulanga abalabe baffe;
ku lw’erinnya lyo tunaalinnyiriranga abalabe baffe.
644:6 Zab 33:16Ddala ddala omutego gwange ogw’obusaale si gwe neesiga,
n’ekitala kyange si kye kimpa obuwanguzi.
744:7 a Zab 136:24 b Zab 53:5Wabula ggwe otulokola mu balabe baffe,
n’oswaza abo abatuyigganya.
844:8 a Zab 34:2 b Zab 30:12Twenyumiririza mu Katonda olunaku lwonna.
Era tunaatenderezanga erinnya lyo emirembe gyonna.
944:9 a Zab 74:1 b Zab 60:1, 10Naye kaakano otusudde ne tuswala;
era tokyatabaala na magye gaffe.
1044:10 Lv 26:17; Yos 7:8; Zab 89:41Watuzza emabega okuva mu bifo mwe twali ng’abalabe baffe balaba,
abatuyigganya ne batunyaga.
1144:11 a Bar 8:36 b Ma 4:27; 28:64; Zab 106:27Watuwaayo okuliibwa ng’endiga;
n’otusaasaanya mu mawanga.
1244:12 Is 52:3; Yer 15:13Watunda abantu bo omuwendo mutono nnyo,
n’otobaako ky’oganyulwa.
1344:13 a Zab 79:4; 80:6 b Ma 28:37Watufuula ekivume eri baliraanwa baffe,
ekinyoomebwa era ekisekererwa abo abatwetoolodde.
1444:14 Zab 109:25; Yer 24:9Otufudde ekinyoomebwa mu mawanga gonna;
era abantu banyeenya emitwe gyabwe.
15Nswazibwa obudde okuziba,
amaaso gange ne gajjula ensonyi,
1644:16 Zab 74:10olw’abo abangigganya, abanvuma nga tebandabamu ka buntu,
olw’omulabe amaliridde okuwoolera eggwanga.
1744:17 Zab 78:7, 57; Dan 9:13Ebyo byonna bitutuseeko,
newaakubadde nga tetukwerabidde,
wadde obutagondera ndagaano yo.
1844:18 Yob 23:11Omutima gwaffe tegukuvuddeeko,
so tetugaanyi kutambulira mu kkubo lyo.
1944:19 a Zab 51:8 b Yob 3:5Naye ggwe otubonerezza n’otulekera emisege,
n’otuleka mu kizikiza ekikutte.
2044:20 a Zab 78:11 b Ma 6:14; Zab 81:9Ddala singa twerabira erinnya lya Katonda waffe,
ne tusinza katonda omulala,
2144:21 Zab 139:1-2; Yer 17:10ekyo Katonda waffe teyandikizudde?
Kubanga ye amanyi n’ebikisibwa mu mutima.
2244:22 Is 53:7; Bar 8:36*Katonda waffe, tetukuvuddeeko, kubanga ku lulwo tuttibwa obudde okuziba,
era tuli ng’endiga ez’okusalibwa.
2344:23 a Zab 7:6 b Zab 78:65 c Zab 77:7Golokoka Ayi Mukama, lwaki weebase?
Zuukuka! Totusuula Ayi Mukama!
2444:24 a Yob 13:24 b Zab 42:9Lwaki otwekwese?
Lwaki tofaayo ku kulumwa kwaffe n’okujoogebwa?
2544:25 Zab 119:25Ddala ddala tusuuliddwa mu nfuufu;
tuli ku ttaka.
2644:26 a Zab 35:2 b Zab 25:22Golokoka otuyambe;
tulokole olw’okwagala kwo okutaggwaawo.
