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Psalm 44

The faithful remember the great mercis of God toward his people 9 After, thei complaine, becauſe thei fele it no more. 17 Alſo thei alledge the couenant made with Abraham, for the keping whereof thei ſhewe what grieuous things thei ſuffred 23 Finally they praie vnto God not to contemne their affliction, ſeing the ſame redoundeth to the contempt of his honour.
¶ To him that excelleth. A Pſalme to giue inſtructiō, committed to the ſonnes of Kórah.
1.WE haue heard with our eares, ô God: our fathers haue tolde vs the workes, that thou haſt done in their daies, in the olde time:
2.How thou haſt driuen out the heathen with thine hand, and planted them: how thou haſt deſtroyed the people, and cauſed them to growe.
3.For thei inherited not the land by their owne ſworde, nether did their owne arme ſaue them: but thy right hand, & thine arme and the light of thy countenance, becauſe thou dideſt fauour them.
4.Thou art my King, ô God: ſend helpe vnto Iaakób.
5.Through thee haue we thruſt backe our aduerſaries: by thy Name haue we troadē downe them that roſe vp againſt vs.
6.For I do not truſt in my bowe, nether can my ſworde ſaue me.
7.But thou haſt ſaued vs from our aduerſaries, & haſt put thē to confuſion yt hate vs.
8.Therefore wil we praiſe God continually, & wil confeſſe thy Name for euer. Sélah.
9.But now thou art farre of, and putteſt vs to confuſion, & goeſt not forthe with our armies.
10.Thou makeſt vs to turne backe from the aduerſarie, and thei, which hate vs, ſpoile for them ſelues.
11.Thou giueſt vs as ſhepe to be eaten, & doeſt ſcater vs among the nations.
12.Thou ſelleſt thy people without gaine, and doeſt not increaſe their price.
13.Thou makeſt vs a reproche to our neighbours, a ieſte and a laughing ſtocke to thē that are round about vs.
14.Thou makeſt vs a prouerbe among the nations, & a nodding of the head among the people.
15.My confuſion is daiely before me, and the ſhame of my face hathe couered me,
16.For the voice of the ſclanderer and rebuker, for the enemie and auenger.
17.All this is come vpon vs, yet do we not forget thee, nether deale we falſely concerning thy couenant.
18.Our heart is not turned backe: nether our ſteppes gone out of thy paths,
19.Albeit thou haſt ſmiten vs downe into the place of dragons, and couered vs with the ſhadowe of death.
20.If we haue forgottē ye Name of our God, & holden vp our hāds to a ſtrange god,
21.Shal not God ſearche this out? for he knoweth the ſecrets of the heart.
22.Surely for thy ſake are we ſlaine cōtinually, & are coūted as ſhepe for ye ſlaughter.
23.Vp, why ſlepeſt thou, ô Lord? awake, be not farre of for euer.
24.Wherefore hideſt thou thy face? & forgetteſt our miſerie and our affliction?
25.For our ſoule is beaten downe vnto the duſt: our belly cleueth vnto the grounde.
26.Riſe vp for our ſuccour, and redeme vs for thy mercies ſake.

Notes

1:a.
This pſalme ſemeth to haue bene made by ſome excellēt Prophet for ye vſe of the people, whenthe Church was in extreme miſerie, ether at their returne fro n Babylon, or vnder Antiochus, or in ſuche like affliction.
2:b.
That is, the Canaanites.
2:c.
To wit, our fathers.
2:d.
Of Canáan.
2:e.
That is, our fathers.
3:f.
Gods fre mercie & loue is ye onelie foūtaine & beginning of the Church, Deut 4.37.
4:g.
Becauſe yu art our King, therefore deliuer thy people from their miſerie.
5:h.
Becauſe thei & their forefathers made bothe one Church thei applie ye to thē ſelues, which before thei did attribute to their fathers.
9:i.
As thei conſeſſed before, yt their ſtrength came of God, ſo now theiac knowledge yt this affliction came by his iuſt iudgemēt.
10:".
Or, at their pleaſure.
11:*.
Rom. 8,36.
11:k.
Knowing God to be autor of this calamitie, they murmure not, but ſeke remedie at his hands, who wounded thē.
12:l.
As ſclaues wc are ſolde for a low price, nether lokeſt yu for him th. t offreth moſte, but takeſt the firſt chapman for ſhame.
15:m.
I dare not lift vp mine head for ſhame.
16:n.
Meaning, the proude and cruel tyrāts.
17:o.
Thei boaſte not of their vertues, but declare that thei reſt vpon God in the middes of their afflictions: who puniſhed not now their ſinnes, but by hard afflictions called them to the conſideration of the heauenlie ioyes.
19:".
Or, whales & meaning the bottomles ſeas of tentations here we ſe the power of faith, which can be ouercome by no perils.
20:p.
Thei ſhewe that thei honored God aright becauſe thei truſted in him alone.
21:q.
Thei take God to witnes yt thei were vp right toward him.
22:r.
The faithful maketh is their cōfort, that ye wicked puniſh them not for their ſinnes, but for Gods cauſe, Matt. 5, 10 1 Pet 4,14.
25:s.
There is no hope of recouerie, except thou put to thine hande & raiſe vs vp.
26:t.
Which is ye onelie & ſufficiēt ranſom to deliuer bothe bodie and ſoule from all kīde of ſclauerie & miſerie.