Metrical Psalms 1650

Psalms 44:9-14 Metrical Psalms 1650 (MP1650)

9. But now we are cast off by thee,and us thou putt'st to shame;And when our armies do go forth,thou go'st not with the same.

10. Thou mak'st us from the enemy,faint-hearted, to turn back;And they who hate us for themselvesour spoils away do take.

11. Like sheep for meat thou gavest us;'mong heathen cast we be.

12. Thou didst for nought thy people sell;their price enrich'd not thee.

13. Thou mak'st us a reproach to beunto our neighbours near;Derision and a scorn to themthat round about us are.

14. A by-word also thou dost usamong the heathen make;The people, in contempt and spite,at us their heads do shake.