## Psalms Chapter 44

###### Psalms 44:1
[Psalms 44:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/44:1)

לַמְנַצֵּ֬חַ׀לִבְנֵי־קֹ֬רַח מַשְׂכִּֽיל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
To the chief Musician for the sons of Qoraĥ, A Maskil.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For the conductor, of the sons of Korach, a maskil.


###### Psalms 44:2
[Psalms 44:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/44:2)

אֱלֹהִ֤ים**׀** בְּאׇזְנֵ֬ינוּ שָׁמַ֗עְנוּ אֲבוֹתֵ֥ינוּ סִפְּרוּ־לָ֑נוּ פֹּ֥עַל פָּעַ֥לְתָּ בִ֝ימֵיהֶ֗ם בִּ֣ימֵי קֶֽדֶם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us, what work Thou didst in their days, in the times of old:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
O G d, we heard it [(the following prophecy)] with our ears, our fathers told us thereof, the deed that You wrought in their days, the days of yore.


###### Psalms 44:3
[Psalms 44:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/44:3)

אַתָּ֤ה**׀** יָדְךָ֡ גּוֹיִ֣ם ה֭וֹרַשְׁתָּ וַתִּטָּעֵ֑ם תָּרַ֥ע לְ֝אֻמִּ֗ים וַֽתְּשַׁלְּחֵֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
how Thou didst drive out nations with Thy hand, and didst plant them; how Thou didst batter the peoples, and cast them out.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
You drove out the nations with [the strength of] Your hand and planted them [the children of Israel, in their stead]. You broke the [seven] nations and sent them forth.


###### Psalms 44:4
[Psalms 44:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/44:4)

כִּ֤י לֹ֪א בְחַרְבָּ֡ם יָ֥רְשׁוּ אָ֗רֶץ וּזְרוֹעָם֮ לֹא־הוֹשִׁ֢יעָ֫ה לָּ֥מוֹ כִּֽי־יְמִינְךָ֣ וּ֭זְרוֹעֲךָ וְא֥וֹר פָּנֶ֗יךָ כִּ֣י רְצִיתָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For they did not get the land in possession by their own sword, nor did their own arm save them: but Thy right hand, and Thy arm, and the light of Thy countenance, because Thou didst favourably accept them.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For it was not with their sword that they inherited the land, and their arms did not help them. But it was Your right hand, and Your arm, and the light of Your countenance — because You desired them.


###### Psalms 44:5
[Psalms 44:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/44:5)

אַתָּה־ה֣וּא מַלְכִּ֣י אֱלֹהִ֑ים צַ֝וֵּ֗ה יְשׁוּע֥וֹת יַעֲקֹֽב׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Ya῾aqov.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
You are my king, O G d; [now, too,] command the salvation of Jacob.


###### Psalms 44:6
[Psalms 44:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/44:6)

בְּ֭ךָ צָרֵ֣ינוּ נְנַגֵּ֑חַ בְּ֝שִׁמְךָ֗ נָב֥וּס קָמֵֽינוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Through Thee will we push down our enemies: through Thy name will we tread those under who rise up against us.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
With You [(Your aid)] we will smite our foes. With Your name we will trample those who rise against us.


###### Psalms 44:7
[Psalms 44:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/44:7)

כִּ֤י לֹ֣א בְקַשְׁתִּ֣י אֶבְטָ֑ח וְ֝חַרְבִּ֗י לֹ֣א תוֹשִׁיעֵֽנִי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For I trust not in my bow, nor shall my sword save me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For I will not trust in my bow, and my sword will not help me.


###### Psalms 44:8
[Psalms 44:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/44:8)

כִּ֣י ה֭וֹשַׁעְתָּנוּ מִצָּרֵ֑ינוּ וּמְשַׂנְאֵ֥ינוּ הֱבִישֽׁוֹתָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But Thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put to shame those who hated us.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For You saved us from our foes, and You shamed our enemies.


###### Psalms 44:9
[Psalms 44:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/44:9)

בֵּ֭אלֹהִים הִלַּ֣לְנוּ כׇל־הַיּ֑וֹם וְשִׁמְךָ֓**׀** לְעוֹלָ֖ם נוֹדֶ֣ה סֶֽלָה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
In God we have gloried all the day long, and we praise Thy name for ever. (Sela.)

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
We uttered G d's praises all the day, and we will always give thanks to Your eternal name.


###### Psalms 44:10
[Psalms 44:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/44:10)

אַף־זָ֭נַחְתָּ וַתַּכְלִימֵ֑נוּ וְלֹא־תֵ֝צֵ֗א בְּצִבְאוֹתֵֽינוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Yet, Thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and Thou goest not forth with our armies.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Even if You forsook us and shamed us and did not go out among our ranks, [(we would give thanks to Your eternal name)].


###### Psalms 44:11
[Psalms 44:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/44:11)

תְּשִׁיבֵ֣נוּ אָ֭חוֹר מִנִּי־צָ֑ר וּ֝מְשַׂנְאֵ֗ינוּ שָׁ֣סוּ לָֽמוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they who hate us take plunder for themselves.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
You have turned us back before the foe and our enemies have taken spoil for themselves.


###### Psalms 44:12
[Psalms 44:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/44:12)

תִּ֭תְּנֵנוּ כְּצֹ֣אן מַאֲכָ֑ל וּ֝בַגּוֹיִ֗ם זֵרִיתָֽנוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thou hast given us like sheep to be eaten: and hast scattered us among the nations.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
You have made us as sheep to be eaten and scattered us among the nations.


###### Psalms 44:13
[Psalms 44:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/44:13)

תִּמְכֹּֽר־עַמְּךָ֥ בְלֹא־ה֑וֹן וְלֹֽא־רִ֝בִּ֗יתָ בִּמְחִירֵיהֶֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thou sellest Thy people for no great gain, and hast not put high their prices.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
You have sold Your people for no wealth and did not take much in their exchange.


###### Psalms 44:14
[Psalms 44:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/44:14)

תְּשִׂימֵ֣נוּ חֶ֭רְפָּה לִשְׁכֵנֵ֑ינוּ לַ֥עַג וָ֝קֶ֗לֶס לִסְבִיבוֹתֵֽינוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thou dost make us a taunt to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to those round about us.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
You have made us an object of shame to our neighbors, of mockery and insult to those around us.


###### Psalms 44:15
[Psalms 44:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/44:15)

תְּשִׂימֵ֣נוּ מָ֭שָׁל בַּגּוֹיִ֑ם מְנֽוֹד־רֹ֝֗אשׁ בַּלְאֻמִּֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thou makest us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
You have made us a parable among the nations, an object of head-nodding [in mockery] among the peoples.


###### Psalms 44:16
[Psalms 44:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/44:16)

כׇּל־הַ֭יּוֹם כְּלִמָּתִ֣י נֶגְדִּ֑י וּבֹ֖שֶׁת פָּנַ֣י כִּסָּֽתְנִי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
My confusion is before me all the day, and the shame of my face has covered me,

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
My humiliation is constantly before me and the shame of my face covers me


###### Psalms 44:17
[Psalms 44:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/44:17)

מִ֭קּוֹל מְחָרֵ֣ף וּמְגַדֵּ֑ף מִפְּנֵ֥י א֝וֹיֵ֗ב וּמִתְנַקֵּֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For the voice of him that taunts and blasphemes; by reason of the enemy and avenger.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
because of the voice of the shamer and reviler [(who shames and reviles me)] because of the [pursuit of the] foe and the avenger.


###### Psalms 44:18
[Psalms 44:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/44:18)

כׇּל־זֹ֣את בָּ֭אַתְנוּ וְלֹ֣א שְׁכַחֲנ֑וּךָ וְלֹֽא־שִׁ֝קַּ֗רְנוּ בִּבְרִיתֶֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
All this is come upon us; yet we have not forgotten Thee, nor have we been false to Thy covenant.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
All this has come upon us and [still] we have not forgotten You and we have not betrayed Your covenant.


###### Psalms 44:19
[Psalms 44:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/44:19)

לֹא־נָס֣וֹג אָח֣וֹר לִבֵּ֑נוּ וַתֵּ֥ט אֲ֝שֻׁרֵ֗ינוּ מִנִּ֥י אׇרְחֶֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Our heart is not turned back, nor have our steps declined from Thy way;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Our hearts have not turned back, and our feet have not strayed from Your path.


###### Psalms 44:20
[Psalms 44:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/44:20)

כִּ֣י דִ֭כִּיתָנוּ בִּמְק֣וֹם תַּנִּ֑ים וַתְּכַ֖ס עָלֵ֣ינוּ בְצַלְמָֽוֶת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
though Thou hast sore broken us in the place of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And [even] when You trod us down in a place of serpents and covered us over with darkness,


###### Psalms 44:21
[Psalms 44:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/44:21)

אִם־שָׁ֭כַחְנוּ שֵׁ֣ם אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ וַנִּפְרֹ֥שׂ כַּ֝פֵּ֗ינוּ לְאֵ֣ל זָֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
If we had forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Did we forget the name of our G d and spread our palms to a strange god?


###### Psalms 44:22
[Psalms 44:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/44:22)

הֲלֹ֣א אֱ֭לֹהִים יַחֲקׇר־זֹ֑את כִּי־ה֥וּא יֹ֝דֵ֗עַ תַּעֲלֻמ֥וֹת לֵֽב׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
would not God search this out? for he knows the secrets of the heart.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[If we had,] would not G d seek this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart.


###### Psalms 44:23
[Psalms 44:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/44:23)

כִּֽי־עָ֭לֶיךָ הֹרַ֣גְנוּ כׇל־הַיּ֑וֹם נֶ֝חְשַׁ֗בְנוּ כְּצֹ֣אן טִבְחָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But for Thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are reckoned as sheep for the slaughter.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
But [You know that] for You we were killed all the day; we were accounted as sheep for the slaughter.


###### Psalms 44:24
[Psalms 44:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/44:24)

ע֤וּרָה**׀** לָ֖מָּה תִישַׁ֥ן׀אֲדֹנָ֑י הָ֝קִ֗יצָה אַל־תִּזְנַ֥ח לָנֶֽצַח׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Awake, why sleepest Thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Awake! Why do You sleep, O L rd? Arise! Do not forsake us eternally.


###### Psalms 44:25
[Psalms 44:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/44:25)

לָֽמָּה־פָנֶ֥יךָ תַסְתִּ֑יר תִּשְׁכַּ֖ח עׇנְיֵ֣נוּ וְֽלַחֲצֵֽנוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Why dost Thou hide Thy face, and forget our affliction and our oppression?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Why do You hide Your face? [Why do You] forget our pain and tribulation?


###### Psalms 44:26
[Psalms 44:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/44:26)

כִּ֤י שָׁ֣חָה לֶעָפָ֣ר נַפְשֵׁ֑נוּ דָּבְקָ֖ה לָאָ֣רֶץ בִּטְנֵֽנוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaves to the earth.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For our souls have been bent to the dust, our stomachs forced to the ground.


###### Psalms 44:27
[Psalms 44:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/44:27)

ק֭וּמָֽה עֶזְרָ֣תָה לָּ֑נוּ וּ֝פְדֵ֗נוּ לְמַ֣עַן חַסְדֶּֽךָ׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Arise for our help, and redeem us for the sake of Thy steadfast love.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Arise and help us, and redeem us [(not on the strength of our deeds, but)] for the sake of Your lovingkindness.