Psalm 44

Psalms · Chapter 44

Psalms 44:10

1We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.2How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.3For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.4Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.5Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.6For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.7But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.8In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah.9But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.10Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.11Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen.12Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.13Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.14Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.15My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,16For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger.17All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.18Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;19Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.20If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;21Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.22Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.23Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?25For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.26Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies’ sake.

King James Version (1769)

Other translations

VerseKJVBSBASV
10Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.You have made us retreat from the foe, and those who hate us have plundered us.Thou makest us to turn back from the adversary; And they that hate us take spoil for themselves.

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
you have made turn back usתְּשִׁיבֵ֣נוּte-shi-VE-nuH7725G
to return: return

שׁוּב (shuv) : return 1) to return, turn back 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to turn back, return 1a1a) to turn back 1a1b) to return, come or go back 1a1c) to return unto, go back, come back 1a1d) of dying 1a1e) of human relations (fig) 1a1f) of spiritual relations (fig) 1a1f1) to turn back (from God), apostatise 1a1f2) to turn away (of God) 1a1f3) to turn back (to God), repent 1a1f4) turn back (from evil) 1a1g) of inanimate things 1a1h) in repetition 1b) (Polel) 1b1) to bring back 1b2) to restore, refresh, repair (fig) 1b3) to lead away (enticingly) 1b4) to show turning, apostatise 1c) (Pual) restored (participle) …

backwardsאָ֭חוֹר'A-chorH0268
back

אָחוֹר (a.chor) 1) the back side, the rear 1a) backwards 1b) hereafter (of time) 1c) behind

fromמִנִּי־mi-ni-H4480A
from

מִן־ (min) prep 1) from, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more than 1a) from (expressing separation), off, on the side of 1b) out of 1b1) (with verbs of proceeding, removing, expelling) 1b2) (of material from which something is made) 1b3) (of source or origin) 1c) out of, some of, from (partitively) 1d) from, since, after (of time) 1e) than, more than (in comparison) 1f) from...even to, both...and, either...or 1g) than, more than, too much for (in comparisons) 1h) from, on account of, through, because (with infinitive) conj 2) that …

[the] opponentצָ֑רTzarH6862C
enemy

צַר (tsar) adversary, foe, enemy, oppressor

and [those who] hate usוּ֝מְשַׂנְאֵ֗ינוּu-me-san-'EI-nuH8130
to hate

שָׂנֵא (sa.ne) 1) to hate, be hateful 1a) (Qal) to hate 1a1) of man 1a2) of God 1a3) hater, one hating, enemy (participle) (subst) 1b) (Niphal) to be hated 1c) (Piel) hater (participle) 1c1) of persons, nations, God, wisdom Aramaic equivalent: se.ne (שְׂנָא "to hate" H8131)

they have plunderedשָׁ֣סוּSHA-suH8154
to plunder

שָׁסָה (sha.sah) 1) to spoil, plunder, take spoil 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to plunder 1a2) plunderers (participle) 1b) (Poel) to plunder

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.