🔊 Audio of Psalm 44
Psalm 44
Hebrew text, Sephardic transliteration, and English translation for reading, study, and prayer.
| # | Hebrew | Sephardic Transliteration | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | לַֽמְנַצֵּ֬חַ לִבְנֵי־קֹ֬רַח מַשְׂכִּֽיל: | La-me-nat-tsé-akh liv-néi Ko-rákh maskíl. | To the Chief Musician. A Maskil of the Sons of Korah. |
| 2 | אֱלֹהִים בְּאָזְנֵינוּ שָׁמַעְנוּ אֲבוֹתֵינוּ סִפְּרוּ־לָנוּ פֹּעַל פָּעַלְתָּ בִימֵיהֶם בִּימֵי קֶדֶם | E-lo-hím be-oz-né-nu sha-má‘-nu; a-vo-té-nu si-p-pé-ru lá-nu; po-al pa-ál-ta vi-me-hém bi-méi ké-dem. | O God, we have heard with our ears, our fathers have told us, what deeds You performed in their days, in the days of old. |
| 3 | אַתָּה יָדְךָ גּוֹיִם הוֹרַשְׁתָּ וַתִּטָּעֵם תָּרַע לְאֻמִּים וַתְּשַׁלְּחֵם | At-táh ya-de-khá go-yím ho-rásh-ta; va-ti-ta-ém; te-ra‘ le-um-mím va-te-shal-le-khém. | You with Your own hand drove out the nations, but them You planted; You afflicted the peoples, but them You set free. |
| 4 | כִּי לֹא בְחַרְבָּם יָרְשׁוּ אָרֶץ וּזְרוֹעָם לֹא־הוֹשִׁיעָה לָּמוֹ כִּי־יְמִינְךָ וּזְרוֹעֲךָ וְאוֹר פָּנֶיךָ כִּי רְצִיתָם | Ki lo ve-khar-bám yá-re-shu á-rets; u-ze-ro-a-m lo ho-shi-áh la-m-o; ki ye-mi-ne-khá u-ze-ro-a-khá ve-or pa-né-kha; ki ra-tzí-ta vám. | For not by their own sword did they win the land, nor did their own arm save them, but Your right hand and Your arm, and the light of Your face, for You delighted in them. |
| 5 | אַתָּה־הוּא מַלְכִּי אֱלֹהִים צַוֵּה יְשׁוּעוֹת יַעֲקֹב | At-táh hu mal-kí E-lo-hím; tzav-véh ye-shu-oót Ya-a-kóv. | You are my King, O God; ordain salvation for Jacob! |
| 6 | בְּךָ צָרֵינוּ נְנַגֵּחַ בְּשִׁמְךָ נָבוּס קָמֵינוּ | Be-khá tza-ré-nu ka-ri-m-mé-nu; be-shim-khá na-bús ko-me-mé-nu. | Through You we push down our foes; through Your name we tread down those who rise up against us. |
| 7 | כִּי לֹא בְקַשְׁתִּי אֶבְטָח וְחַרְבִּי לֹא תוֹשִׁיעֵנִי | Ki lo ve-kash-tí e-v-tákh; ve-khar-bí lo to-shi-é-ni. | For not in my bow do I trust, nor can my sword save me. |
| 8 | כִּי הוֹשַׁעְתָּנוּ מִצָּרֵינוּ וּמְשַׂנְאֵינוּ הֱבִישׁוֹתָ | Ki ho-sha‘-tá-nu mi-tza-ré-nu; u-me-san-eé-nu he-vish-oó-ta. | But You have saved us from our foes and have put to shame those who hate us. |
| 9 | בֵּאלֹהִים הִלַּלְנוּ כָל־הַיּוֹם וְשִׁמְךָ לְעוֹלָם נוֹדֶה סֶלָה | Be-E-lo-hím hil-lal-nú kál ha-yóm; ve-shim-khá le-o-lám no-déh. Sé-lah. | In God we have boasted continually, and we will give thanks to Your name forever. Selah. |
| 10 | אַף־זָנַחְתָּ וַתַּכְלִימֵנוּ וְלֹא־תֵצֵא בְּצִבְאוֹתֵינוּ | Af za-nakhtá va-te-kha-le-mé-nu; ve-lo te-tzé be-tziv-o-té-nu. | But You have rejected and disgraced us and have not gone out with our armies. |
| 11 | תְּשִׁיבֵנוּ אָחוֹר מִנִּי־צָר וּמְשַׂנְאֵינוּ שָׁסוּ לָמוֹ | Te-shi-vé-nu a-khór mi-ni-tzaár; u-me-san-e-é-nu sha-se-ú lá-mo. | You have made us turn back from the foe, and those who hate us have gotten spoil. |
| 12 | תִּתְּנֵנוּ כְּצֹאן מַאֲכָל וּבַגּוֹיִם זֵרִיתָנוּ | Tit-te-né-nu ke-tzon ma-akh-aláh; u-va-go-yím ze-rí-ta-nu. | You have made us like sheep for slaughter and have scattered us among the nations. |
| 13 | תִּמְכֹּר־עַמְּךָ בְלֹא־הוֹן וְלֹא־רִבִּיתָ בִּמְחִירֵיהֶם | Tim-kór am-me-khá be-lo hoán; ve-lo rib-bí-ta bim-khi-re-hém. | You have sold Your people for a trifle, demanding no high price for them. |
| 14 | תְּשִׂימֵנוּ חֶרְפָּה לִשְׁכֵנֵינוּ לַעַג וָקֶלֶס לִסְבִיבוֹתֵינוּ | Ta-si-mé-nu kher-páh lish-khé-ne-nu; la-ag va-ké-les li-se-vi-vo-té-nu. | You have made us the taunt of our neighbors, the derision and scorn of those around us. |
| 15 | תְּשִׂימֵנוּ מָשָׁל בַּגּוֹיִם מְנוֹד־רֹאשׁ בַּל־אֻמִּים | Ta-si-mé-nu ma-shál ba-go-yím; me-no’d roásh ba-le-um-mím. | You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples. |
| 16 | כָּל־הַיּוֹם כְּלִמָּתִי נֶגְדִּי וּבֹשֶׁת פָּנַי כִּסָּתְנִי | Kál ha-yóm ke-lim-ma-tí ne-g-dí; u-vó-shet pa-nái khi-s-sá-ta-ni. | All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face. |
| 17 | מִקּוֹל מְחָרֵף וּמְגַדֵּף מִפְּנֵי אוֹיֵב וּמִתְנַקֵּם | Mi-kól me-cha-réf u-me-gadéf; mi-pe-néi oyév u-mit-na-kém. | At the sound of the taunter and reviler, at the sight of the enemy and the avenger. |
| 18 | כָּל־זֹאת בָּאַתְנוּ וְלֹא שְׁכַחֲנוּךָ וְלֹא־שִׁקַּרְנוּ בִּבְרִיתֶךָ | Kál zo’t ba-at-nú ve-lo she-khaákh-nu-kha; ve-lo shi-kér-nu biv-ri-te-khá. | All this has come upon us, though we have not forgotten You, and we have not been false to Your covenant. |
| 19 | לֹא־נָסוֹג אָחוֹר לִבֵּנוּ וַתֵּט אֲשֻׁרֵינוּ מִנִּי אָרְחֶךָ | Lo na-sóg a-khór lib-bé-nu; va-tet mat-as-hu-ré-nu min or-khe-khá. | Our heart has not turned back, nor have our steps departed from Your way. |
| 20 | כִּי דִכִּיתָנוּ בִּמְקוֹם תַּנִּים וַתְּכַס עָלֵינוּ בְצַלְמָוֶת | Ki dik-ki-tá-nu bim-kóm tan-ním; va-te-khes e-lé-nu be-tzal-má-vet. | Yet You have crushed us in the place of jackals and covered us with the shadow of death. |
| 21 | אִם־שָׁכַחְנוּ שֵׁם אֱלֹהֵינוּ וַנִּפְרֹשׂ כַּפֵּינוּ לְאֵל זָר | Im sha-khaákh-nu shém E-lo-hé-nu; va-nif-rós ka-p-pé-nu le-E-l zár. | If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god, |
| 22 | הֲלֹא אֱלֹהִים יַחֲקָר־זֹאת כִּי־הוּא יֹדֵעַ תַּעֲלֻמוֹת לֵב | Ha-lo E-lo-hím ya-kha-kér zót; ki hu yo-dé-a taf-lú-ot lév. | would not God discover this? For He knows the secrets of the heart. |
| 23 | כִּי־עָלֶיךָ הֹרַגְנוּ כָל־הַיּוֹם נֶחְשַׁבְנוּ כְּצֹאן טִבְחָה | Ki a-lé-kha ho-rág-nu kál ha-yóm; nekh-shaáv-nu ke-tzón tiv-kháh. | Yet for Your sake we are killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered. |
| 24 | עוּרָה לָמָּה תִישַׁן אֲדֹנָי הָקִיצָה אַל־תִּזְנַח לָנֶצַח | U-ráh la-máh ti-shán Ado-nái? Ha-kí-tzah; al ti-z-nákh la-né-tzakh. | Awake! Why are You sleeping, O the LORD? Rouse Yourself! Do not reject us forever! |
| 25 | לָמָּה־פָנֶיךָ תַסְתִּיר תִּשְׁכַּח עָנְיֵנוּ וְלַחֲצֵנוּ | La-máh fa-né-kha tas-tír; tish-kákh an-yé-nu va-la-kha-tzé-nu. | Why do You hide Your face? Why do You forget our affliction and oppression? |
| 26 | כִּי שָׁחָה לֶעָפָר נַפְשֵׁנוּ דָּבְקָה לָאָרֶץ בִּטְנֵנוּ | Ki sha-kháh la-a-fár naf-shé-nu; dav-káh la-á-rets bit-né-nu. | For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our belly clings to the ground. |
| 27 | קוּמָה עֶזְרָתָה לָּנוּ וּפְדֵנוּ לְמַעַן חַסְדֶּךָ | Kú-mah ez-rá-tah lá-nu; u-fe-dé-nu le-ma-án khas-de-khá. | Rise up; come to our help! Redeem us for the sake of Your steadfast love! |